IMD issued heavy rainfall alert in Karnataka for next 5 days

Heavy rainfall alert: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in coastal Karnataka. IMD issued heavy rainfall alert in Karnataka for next 5 days. Heavy rainfall over Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal over the next five days.

As per the latest IMD forecast, widespread light/moderate rainfall with thunderstorm/lightning is likely over Kerala and Lakshadweep and isolated to scattered. This is due to the influence of westerly winds blowing from the Arabian Sea. Scattered light/moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorms over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh is also likely during the next four days, IMD said.

IMD issued heavy rainfall alert over Uttarakhand, north Punjab, north Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and east Rajasthan during the next two to three days. As per IMD, most parts of northwest and central India are likely to experience a gradual increase in maximum temperatures by two to three degrees Celsius over the next three days.

On Friday (May 27) widespread rainfall and thunderstorms are likely over Kerala and Lakshadweep. Fairly widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Scattered rainfall and thunderstorms are expected over Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and coastal Karnataka.

Heavy rainfall alert/snow is likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Isolated showers are predicted over West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and interior Karnataka.

Forecast summary for the next five days from Thursday to Monday: The Northern Limit of the Southwest Monsoon presently runs off Southern Peninsular India, south Sri Lanka, over parts of the Bay of Bengal and off the northern Andaman Island. Under its influence, fairly widespread rains and thunderstorms are likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands on Thursday and Friday.