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Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over parts of Odisha and northeast India on Friday, July 17.
This is because a well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast influences weather across the region, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD has forecast isolated very heavy rainfall over Odisha on Friday, while heavy rainfall is also likely over Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand during the week.
The northeast is also set for a wet spell, with widespread heavy rainfall likely across Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, as well as Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Very heavy rainfall is forecast over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and Meghalaya on Friday.
Rainfall activity, meanwhile, is expected to remain subdued over west-central and south peninsular India, as well as the plains of northwest India. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are likely across parts of the country during the week.
Heatwave to persist in Tamil Nadu
Meanwhile, heatwave conditions are likely to persist in isolated pockets of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on July 17.
Hot and humid conditions are also likely in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu during the week.
The IMD said rainfall across India was 51% below the long-period average in the week ended July 15, while cumulative monsoon rainfall from June 1 to July 15 remained 23% below normal.
This is because a well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast influences weather across the region, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD has forecast isolated very heavy rainfall over Odisha on Friday, while heavy rainfall is also likely over Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand during the week.
The northeast is also set for a wet spell, with widespread heavy rainfall likely across Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, as well as Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Very heavy rainfall is forecast over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and Meghalaya on Friday.
Rainfall activity, meanwhile, is expected to remain subdued over west-central and south peninsular India, as well as the plains of northwest India. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are likely across parts of the country during the week.
Heatwave to persist in Tamil Nadu
Meanwhile, heatwave conditions are likely to persist in isolated pockets of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on July 17.
Hot and humid conditions are also likely in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu during the week.
The IMD said rainfall across India was 51% below the long-period average in the week ended July 15, while cumulative monsoon rainfall from June 1 to July 15 remained 23% below normal.
