India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a fresh spell of heavy to very heavy rainfall over Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra during the next five days. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is also very likely to continue over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya during the next two days, with isolated heavy rainfall thereafter.
Regarding heatwave conditions, the IMD said that heatwave conditions are not likely to prevail over most parts of the country during the next 4-5 days. However, some pockets of West Uttar Pradesh will continue to experience heatwave conditions until the 23rd of this month.
The weather department also forecast that conditions are favourable for further advancement of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, East Uttar Pradesh, Northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of Gangetic West Bengal and remaining parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal during the next 3-4 days.
