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A dust storm is seen building up over the city of Bikaner on Monday. A fresh advisory from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast likely dust storm and heavy rain at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, western Rajasthan and in the Northeast. (PTI)[/caption]
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI): Thunderstorm accompanied by squall and hail is likely to lash large parts of northern and eastern India besides isolated places in the south tomorrow with winds gusting up to 50-70 kilometers per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The IMD said, thunderstorm, accompanied by squall and hail, was very likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand tomorrow.
Thunderstorm, accompanied with squall, is also very likely at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh and sub- Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.
Thunderstorm, accompanied with gusty winds, is very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, Bihar, western Madhya Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Heavy rains were very likely at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, south interior Karnataka and Kerala.
Today, thunderstorm, accompanied by squall with wind speed reaching 50- 70 kmph and hail, is very likely at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, a home ministry spokesperson said quoting the IMD advisory.
Thunderstorm accompanied by squall is very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, Gangetic West Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
Thunderstorm, accompanied with gusty winds, is very likely at isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Telangana, north interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Thunderstorm, accompanied with dust storm, is very likely at isolated places over Rajasthan. Dust storm is very likely at isolated places over northwest Madhya Pradesh.
Heavy rains were also very likely at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
Thunderstorm with light rain and strong winds would also occur in Delhi-NCR, Hissar, Jind, Rohtak, Bhiwani and Narnaul today, the IMD advisory said.
Heat wave conditions were likely at one or two pockets over Vidarbha and West Madhya Pradesh today.
