IMD issued heavy rainfall alert in Karnataka for next 5 days

The monsoon trough is active and south of its normal position while an east-west shear zone runs roughly across North Peninsular India. The combination of these meteorological events as well as an off-shore trough at mean sea level running from the Gujarat coast to the north Kerala coast is likely to result in the following weather events over the next five days. IMD issued heavy rainfall alert in Karnataka for next 5 days.

Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning with isolated heavy rainfall is expected over Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Mahe, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Telangana during the next 4-5 days.

IMD issued heavy rainfall alert over Saurashtra, Kutch and Marathawada on Monday and Tuesday, coastal Karnataka on Thursday and Friday, Kerala and Mahe from Wednesday to Friday, Interior Karnataka and East Madhya Pradesh on Monday, West Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, Odisha from Tuesday to Friday, Vidarbha on Wednesday, and coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Chhattisgarh on Wednesday and Thursday.

Isolated to scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is on the cards over Telangana till Tuesday, Gujarat, ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra and Konkan and Goa till Friday, Saurashtra and Kutch from Wednesday to Friday, coastal Karnataka till Wednesday, Chhattisgarh and coastal Andhra Pradesh on Monday and Vidarbha till Tuesday.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places is very likely over Gujarat, Telangana, Vidarbha, Konkan, Goa, coastal Karnataka and Madhya Maharashtra. Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been forecast in isolated places over Uttarakhand, West Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Saurashtra, Kutch, Marathawada, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam.

Heavy rainfall is possible in isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Interior Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) are very likely in isolated places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and with lightning at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Rayalaseema.