Weather update: lightning, thunderstorm and heavy rain forecast

New Delhi: According to National Meteorological Forecast Center of India Meteorological Department (IMD): 26 April (first day): Lightning, cloudy thunder and strong winds (30-40 kmph) at different places in Telangana, Kerala, Mahe Speed) and thunderstorms with lightning in different places in Gangetic plains of West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, central Maharashtra, Marathwada, Rayalaseema, southern interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.

Possibility of hot air conditions at isolated places in Gujarat state and coastal Odisha

27 April (second day): Lightning and strong winds (30-40 kmph) at different places in Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Telangana, Kerala and Mahe and Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Gangetic plains of West Bengal, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, Konkan and Goa, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Rayalaseema, southern interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Thunderstorms with strong winds (speeds of 30–40 km per hour) are expected with lightning at isolated places in Karaikal.

28 April (3rd day): Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Telangana and Kerala and at different places in Mahe and Jammu, Kashmir, Ladwakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Gangetic plains of West Bengal, Odisha, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, Konkan and Goa, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Rayalaseema, coastal and southern interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal It is expected that strong winds (30-40 km per hour) and thunderstorms along with lightning shines at different places.

Heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places over southern Interior Karnataka and North Kerala.

April 29 (4th day): Lightning shines at different places in Uttarakhand, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Telangana and Kerala and Mahe Thunderstorms and strong winds (30-40 kmph) and Jammu, Kashmir, Ladwakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, Rayalaseema, Coastal and Southern Interior Karnataka, Lakshadweep and Tamil Nadu , Puducherry and Karaikal are expected to witness thunderstorms and strong winds (speeds of 30-40 kmph) with lightning at different places.

Heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places over southern Interior Karnataka and North Kerala.

April 30 (fifth day): Lightning strikes and strong winds (30) in Uttarakhand, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Sikkim, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Telangana and Kerala and Mahe -40 kmph) and Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, Rayalaseema, Coastal and Southern Interior Karnataka, Lakshadweep and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal Thunderstorms and strong winds (speeds of 30-40 kmph) are forecasted with lightning at places.