On Friday, Delhiites woke up to a warm Friday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 24.2 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. In the morning itself, the weathermen warned that Cyclone Fani could cross the north Tamil Nadu coast on April 30. In light of this, the weather department issued a red alert (the highest alert for rainfall warning) for April 30 (Tuesday) and May 1 (Wednesday) for areas in and around coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The IMD bulletin also cautioned fishermen against venturing into sea as squally winds are predicted in the region.
The IMD has also advised people to stay indoors as strong heat waves are likely to continue over some parts of West Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha and in isolated pockets over south Rajasthan, south Uttar Pradesh, interior Odisha, north Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Gujarat State and East Madhya Pradesh.
The IMD forecast light to moderate rainfall at many places in coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala on Sunday (April 28) and said rain was likely at isolated places in South coastal Andhra Pradesh. However, it forecast "rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places with extremely heavy at isolated places," in coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on April 30 and May 1.
It said on Friday, squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph was likely over Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal. "Squally weather very likely over south Andaman Sea. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas," it added.
Wind speed would touch 90-100 kmph gusting to 115 kmph along and off north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh districts coasts from the afternoon of April 30, it added.
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Meanwhile, Delhi recorded its hottest day of the season so far on Thursday at 43.2 degrees Celsius even as the skies turned partly cloudy towards the afternoon. The partly cloudy towards the afternoon and evening hours offered little relief from the sweltering heat, with the Weather Department ruling out any possibility of change in the conditions over the next two to three days.
Fishermen in Andhra Pradesh have been warned not to venture into the sea from April 27 in view of the depression prevailing in the sea. An official release from The Andhra Pradesh Weather Forecasting and Early Warning Research Center (AWARE) AWARE, a division of Real-Time Governance Society, said deep-sea fishing has to be completely avoided as the sea is predicted to be rough with high tides and high-speed winds. Fishermen who are already in the sea have been advised to return to the shore by April 28. READ MORE HERE
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On Friday, the highest temperature in the state was recorded in Una at 38.8 degrees Celsius, while the lowest was recorded in Keylong at 3.4 degrees Celsius.
The Meteorological Department (Met) has issued a fresh 'yellow weather' warning for thunderstorm in several parts of Himachal Pradesh and gusty winds at isolated places on April 30, an official said Friday. Rainfall is likely in several parts of the state on April 26 and again from April 30 to May 2, the Shimla Met Centre said. Issuing the yellow warning for thunderstorm on April 30, the Met said gusty winds were likely at isolated places in the plains and the low and middle hills. (PTI)
Puducherry is expected to get heavy rain during the next few days due to a low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal which could transform into a cyclone Fani. Territorial Chief Minister V Narayanasamy held discussions with officials of various departments, including Revenue and Disaster Management, along with his ministerial colleagues, after the sounding of the alert.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued the alert for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry that a cyclone would hit the coastal areas on April 30 triggering heavy rainfall during the subsequent days.
"Puducherry is bracing itself up after the IMD issued the alert," the Chief Minister told reporters after the meeting. (PTI)
According to Mahesh Palawat, vice president, meteorology and climate change at Skymet Weather, hot winds from northeast direction are expected to blow over Mumbai and adjoining areas.
SkyMet Weather forecasts rain in Kerala and Karnataka, and heatwave in Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra.
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The IMD has predicted partly cloudy skies in Bengaluru for the next three days, with maximum temperature around 35 degrees, and minimum temperature at 25 degree Celsius.
Mumbai is expected to see no further change in temperature at least for the next three days. According to the IMD, the city will have mainly clear skies becoming partly cloudy towards evening or night.
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Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds (with speed reaching 30-40 kmph) and lightning is likely at isolated places , and very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim and Assam and Meghalaya, the IMD said in its warning today.
Delhiites woke up to a warm Friday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 24.2 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. Humidity was recorded at 53 per cent at 8.30 AM.
The Met office has forecast clear skies during the day ahead along with strong surface winds. "The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 42 degrees, " the weatherman said.
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Tropical cyclones passing over the northern part of the Indian Ocean are named by eight countries in the region, namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman and Thailand. The process only began in 2004, fours years after World Meteorological Organization agreed in principle to allow them to name cyclones originating in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.
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The India Meteorological Department station, based in Thiruvananthapuram, issued warnings for fishermen and the general public about a possible cyclonic storm in the next few days heading towards the coast of Tamil Nadu.
“A low-pressure area has formed today morning over east equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining the southeast Bay of Bengal and now lies as a well-marked low-pressure area in the same region. It is very likely to intensify into a depression during next 24 hours over east Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining central parts of south Bay of Bengal,” a weather bulletin said.
Several districts of Kerala have been seeing, over the past week, thundershowers accompanied by gusty winds towards the later part of the day. The rain has been attributed to a confluence zone passing through Kerala and Tamil Nadu with moisture available from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, Skymet Weather reported.
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Well marked Low-pressure system over Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal is very likely to intensify into a cyclone, the IMD notification read. It is very likely to move northwestwards along and off east coast of Srilanka near north Tamilnadu coast on 30th April 2019.