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Informist, Monday, Apr. 20, 2026

 

MUMBAI – Under the influence of an upper air cyclonic circulation lying over northeast Assam, very heavy rainfall is expected over parts of Arunchal Pradesh on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department said, while issuing an orange alert. An orange alert is issued when rainfall exceeds 115.6 millimetres and goes up to 204.4 millimetres. 

 

Heavy rainfall is expected over parts of Arunachal Pradesh during the weekend, and over Assam and Meghalaya till Tuesday, the weather department said. Light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is likely over several parts of northeast India till Friday, the department said.

 

Currently, a western disturbance acting as an upper air cyclonic circulation lies over Jammu & Kashmir, and an upper air cyclonic circulation lies over southwest Rajasthan, the weather department said. Under the influence of these weather systems, light to moderate rainfall or snowfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is expected over parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad on Saturday and Sunday and over Himachal Pradesh on Sunday and Monday, the department said.

 

A north-to-south trough runs from east Bihar to southwest Madhya Pradesh, which is likely to cause a wet spell with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds over various parts of east India till Sunday, the weather bureau said. Thundersqualls with wind speeds reaching 50–60 km per hour and gusting to 70 km per hour are likely in parts of Bihar on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, the bureau said. 

 

The same weather system is also likely to lead to light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds over parts of Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha till Tuesday.

 

A trough runs from Telangana to the Comorin area, while an anti-cyclonic circulation lies over interior Maharashtra and adjoining Telangana and north interior Karnataka, the weather bureau said. These weather systems are expected to lead to a wet spell with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds over parts of central Maharashtra and Marathawada till Friday and over Konkan and Goa on Tuesday and Thursday, the bureau said. Similar weather is also likely in most parts of south peninsular India till Friday, it said.

 

Heatwave conditions are expected to continue in parts of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, east Rajasthan, Vidarbha, and Chhattisgarh till Friday, in west Uttar Pradesh till Saturday, in west Rajasthan on Wednesday and Thursday, and in Madhya Pradesh from Wednesday to Friday, the weather department said. Heatwaves are also likely in pockets of Gangetic West Bengal on Tuesday and Wednesday, in Jharkhand till Wednesday, in Odisha from Wednesday to Friday, and in a few parts of east Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, the department said.

 

Hot and humid conditions are likely in parts of Gangetic West Bengal till Sunday, in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry till Wednesday, in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh till Saturday, and in the coastal areas of Gujrat during the weekend, the weather bureau said. Warm night conditions are expected in pockets of Haryana, Chandigarh, west Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Vidarbha till Tuesday, and in Odisha till Wednesday, the bureau said.  End

 

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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