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Isolated heavy rains are very likely over eastern Rajasthan during June 29-July 3 and Uttarakhand and western Rajasthan June 29-30. (image: PTI file)
IMD said North Konkan, South Konkan Goa, North Madhya Maharashtra, South Madhya Maharashtra, Maratwada, Gujarat region and Saurashtra of Kutch will see showers until July 3.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said the monsoon hit Delhi and Mumbai earlier this week and is likely to cover the remaining parts of the country including Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab in the next couple of days.
Today, Thursday, the Meteorological Department said that cloudy skies with light to moderate rain are expected in the national capital in the next five days. Heavy rains battered parts of the national capital on Thursday, dropping the minimum temperature to 23.8 degrees Celsius – four degrees below the season average.
Meanwhile, the maximum temperature settled at 34.2 degrees Celsius — three degrees below normal, the IMD bulletin reported.
After heavy rains in Delhi and surrounding areas, the weather department issued an ‘orange’ alert in the city.
IMD uses four color codes for weather warnings – “green” (no action required), “yellow” (watch and stay updated), “orange” (be prepared), and “red” (take action). The orange alert is a warning that must be prepared, indicating the possibility of traffic disturbances and waterlogging, which have been reported in several areas of the city.
Here are the latest weather updates:
- Mumbai and Thane were issued a yellow alert on 30 June.
- Delhi was issued an orange alert after heavy rains fell in the capital and surrounding areas.
- Isolated heavy rains are very likely over eastern Rajasthan during June 29-July 3 and Uttarakhand and western Rajasthan June 29-30.
- Light/Moderate somewhat scattered to widespread rain with heavy to very heavy precipitation very likely over Madhya Pradesh and isolated heavy in the next couple of days.
- Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread precipitation with isolated heavy to very heavy rains are very likely over Konkan, Goa and Ghat regions of central Maharashtra during the week and Gujarat over the next couple of days.
- Isolated heavy rains are also very likely in Konkan and Gujarat region on June 29.
- On Wednesday night, the Meteorological Department predicted heavy to very heavy rains in six districts of Maharashtra, and issued an “orange alert”.
- IMD has issued an orange alert for the districts of Thane, Raigad, Palghar (the three bordering Mumbai), Ratnagiri, Sindudurg and Nashik, indicating the possibility of heavy to heavy rains in a few places.
- IMD said North Konkan, South Konkan Goa, North Madhya Maharashtra, South Madhya Maharashtra, Maratwada, Gujarat region and Saurashtra of Kutch will see showers until July 3.
(with PTI input)
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