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By India Today News Desk: As rainfall continues to batter several parts of the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh from May 4 to May 7 after heavy rain lashed parts of the hill state.
According to the weather department, the state received fresh snowfall as the maximum temperature plunged six to 14 notches below normal on Wednesday.
The local weather office has predicted light to moderate rainfall at isolated places in the plains and mid-hills and light to moderate rainfall or snowfall in higher reaches from May 4 to May 7 in view of a fresh western disturbance, reported PTI.
Delhi
A thick layer of fog enveloped Delhi-NCR on the fourth day of one of the hottest months of the year, May. Yesterday (May 3), rains lashed Delhi, inundating low-lying areas and disrupting vehicular movement on key roads in the capital.
The city’s minimum temperature settled at 20.2 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is predicted to settle around 28 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Northwest India
The IMD has predicted light to moderate, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/snowfall with thunderstorm/lightning/gusty winds (wind speed 30-40 kmph) over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Goa.
A fresh spell of rainfall is likely to commence over the region from May 5, with scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/snowfall over the Western Himalayan region and isolated to scattered rainfall over plains of northwest India for the subsequent two to three days, said the weather department.
Northeast India
The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty wind (40-50 kmph) are very likely at isolated places over West Bengal, said the weather department.
Central India
Light isolated or scattered rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is very likely over the region in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
South India
Scattered and fairly widespread rainfall with thunderstorms/lightning/gusty winds very likely over the states of southern India.
Cyclone in Bay of Bengal
The meteorological office said it has picked up early signs of a cyclone developing in the southeast Bay of Bengal and warned fishermen and the shipping community against venturing into the region.
Director General of the IMD, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, told the news agency PTI that a cyclone – named Mocha – is likely to develop in southeast Bay of Bengal on May 9 and a prediction of its path would be made in the next few days.
Addressing a press conference he said a cyclonic circulation is likely to develop on May 6, with the possibility of the formation of a low-pressure area over the same region the next day.
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