IMD uses four colour codes for weather warnings- green (no action needed), yellow (watch and stay updated), orange (be prepared) and red (take action)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued orange alert for Delhi as the national capital will witness heavy rainfall from Wednesday. IMD had earlier issued a yellow alert for Delhi on Tuesday, warning of moderate to heavy rain or thundershowers.
The IMD uses four colour codes for weather warnings, green (no action needed), yellow (watch and stay updated), orange (be prepared) and red (take action). The weather department predicted that there is a possibility of rain for the next several days. There will be moderate rain for 72 hours and then there is a possibility of light rain.
The maximum and minimum temperature in Delhi on Tuesday hovered around 36 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively. Several parts of Delhi had on Sunday received light rainfall, and the maximum temperature in the city settled at 35.7 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature was recorded at 26.2 degrees Celsius. The IMD had recorded 0.1 mm of rainfall on Sunday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has estimated that India is likely to receive monsoon rainfall between 94% to 106% of a long-term average in July. In June, the country received 8% lower rainfall than average because of scanty monsoon in the central parts of the country. Monsoon arrived in Delhi on July 1.
IMD has noted that Delhi-NCR is likely to receive plentiful rainfall in July and August. Along with Delhi-NCR, the MeT department has predicted very heavy rainfall in Konkan, Goa, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, and East Rajasthan. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in most parts of the country in the next four days.
Monsoon has reached almost every corner of the country. While some states are witnessing normal rains, some states are seeing very heavy rainfall. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall during the next 5 days in many states of the country.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been predicted in Gujarat, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Telangana, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe, while there is also a possibility of thunderstorm and lightning.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has also tweeted that there is a possibility of isolated rain activity in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan during the next 24 hours. At the same time, from July 6 to July 8, there is a possibility of widespread rain activity with isolated thunder and lightning in this region.
Apart from this, IMD predicted the possibility of heavy rain separately in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi on July 7 and July 8. On the other hand, there is a possibility of very heavy rain in west Uttar Pradesh on July 6, east Rajasthan during July 4 to July 8 and west Rajasthan and east Rajasthan during July 6 to July 8.
Mumbai has also been facing very heavy rainfall and there was waterlogging in Sion area. During the last 24 hours, light to moderate rain with heavy rain at some places occurred in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, parts of east and south east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Marathwada, South Konkan and Goa and Coastal Karnataka .
Along with this, light to moderate rain accompanied by heavy rain occurred at one or two places in Chhattisgarh, Interior Odisha and Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Light rain occurred in isolated parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Saurashtra and Kutch, Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Rajasthan, Punjab, Rest of North India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Delhi NCR.
