The southwest monsoon withdrawal began in Gujarat and Rajasthan. However, the India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall in Mumbai and other Maharashtra districts, coastal Karnataka, Goa, etc, for Tuesday, September 24. The national capital, Delhi, will likely witness a cloudy sky with a lesser possibility of rain.
The weather forecasting agency has also issued a red alert for Tuesday for a few districts of coastal Karnataka and Goa. An orange alert has been issued for the Marathawada region, central Maharashtra, and north interior Karnataka.
IMD has predicted heavy downpours for today in Konkan and Goa, Coastal Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, etc.
“Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls (> 20 cm) very likely at isolated places over Konkan & Goa, Coastal Karnataka; Heavy to very Heavy rainfall (≥12 cm) very likely at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, North Interior Karnataka,” said IMD in its weather bulletin.
Isolated places of Kerala and Mahe, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar, West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, etc will witness thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds, according to IMD.
Many Indian states will also witness hot and humid weather over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim. “Squally weather with wind speed reaching 35 kmph to 45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph very likely to prevail along and off Kerala, Karnataka Konkan, goa, Maharashtra coasts,” said IMD in its weather bulletin.
Bhagalpur, Vadodara, Ghaziabad, Noida, etc were among the most polluted cities, according to AQI realtime air quality data at 8:05 am on Tuesday, September 24.
The Maharashtra capital is likely to witness heavy rainfall on Tuesday. According to Mumbai's local weather forecast report, parts of the city are likely to witness heavy rainfall with a cloudy sky on September 24. The minimum and maximum temperature of the city is likely to remain around 25 degrees Celsius and 31 degrees Celsius.
There are lesser chances of rainfall in Delhi, as the national capital is likely to witness partly cloudy sky. The maximum and minimum temperature of the city is likely to remain around 26 and 37 degree Celsius respectively.ong
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