Current Heat Wave Likely To Continue For 2 More Days In Northwest, Central India

Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon.

NEW DELHI: Due to prevailing dry northwesterly winds over plains of northwest India, Central India & adjoining interior parts of eastern India, present heatwave conditions very likely to continue to prevail mainly during next 2 days.

Meteorological sub-division wise, isolated severe heatwave conditions with a heatwave at many places very likely over Vidarbha during 26th-27th and with heatwave over some parts over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and East Madhya Pradesh on May 26.

Heatwave conditions likely at a few places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and at isolated places over Punjab and East Uttar Pradesh on 27th May.

Isolated heatwave conditions also likely over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Marathawada and Madhya Maharashtra during next 2-3 days.

Under the influence of a Western Disturbance and formation of an east-west trough in lower levels and likely occurrence of rain/thunderstorm from May 28-29, maximum temperatures over plains of north India likely to recede from 28th onwards with a substantial reduction of Heatwave conditions from May 29.

Under favourable wind conditions over parts of central and adjoining eastern parts of India, heatwave conditions also likely to reduce from these areas from 29th May.

Due to strong southerly wind from the Bay of Bengal to northeast India at lower tropospheric levels; Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls likely at isolated places over parts of Assam & Meghalaya during next 5 days and over Arunachal Pradesh on May 26.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram &Tripura during next 5 days and over adjoining parts of east India during next 48 hours.

Heavy rainfall at isolated places over parts of south peninsular India during May 26-30, 2020.

The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) continues to pass through Lat.5°N/Long.85°E, Lat.8°N/Long.90°E, Car Nicobar, Lat.11°N/Long.95°E.

Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of south Bay of Bengal, Andaman