It could take a shape of an 'extremely severe cyclone' by Wednesday, prompting the government to put the National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Coast Guard on high alert, officials said.
"We are prepared to tackle any eventuality though the IMD has so far not given any definite information regarding landfall of the cyclone in any state in the eastern coast, including Odisha," Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) B P Sethi said.
In 2018, IMD tied up with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to extend weather forecast and agromet advisory services (AAS) at the block level.
The maximum temperature in Delhi was recorded as 39.5 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature stood at 22 degrees on Saturday.
The figures released by the UK Met Office include data from a number of sources including the latest publication of provisional figures for 2018. Records for annual global average temperature extend back to 1850.
The minimum temperature in Jammu city appreciated by several notches to settle at 6.2 degrees Celsius against the previous night's 3.5 degrees Celsius, a spokesman of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said.
The statement issued said that the disturbance will affect different areas of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions which are expected to receive light to moderate rain and snow.
A warning for avalanche has been issued in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand.
On Tuesday, the level of PM2.5 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) and PM10 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 10 micrometres) in Delhi was recorded at 238 and 399 respectively.
The Southwest Monsoon officially starts on June 1 and ends on September 30. Its withdrawal starts from western Rajasthan from September 1.
In places where it had already begun pouring Wednesday evening, educational institutions remained closed Thursday whereas various areas have been waterlogged due to incessant showers
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), while Santacruz recorded 0.5 mm rainfall until Saturday evening, Colaba recorded 1.8 mm of rains.
The weatherman has further predicted light showers in several areas of the city Saturday. "The skies will remain generally cloudy. There is possibility of light rain tomorrow," a MeT official said.
The MET department forecast a decline in maximum temperature in the next three days due to light showers. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be 34 and 27 degree Celsius respectively, on Thursday.
Apart from these four districts, as many as 13 districts are under deficit. These are Devbhoomi Dwarka, Rajkot, Morbi, Kheda, Vadodara, Panchmahal, Narmada, Dahod, Mahisagar in central Gujarat and Mehsana, Patan, Sabarkantha and Banaskantha in northern Gujarat.
Around 86,598 people have taken shelter in relief camps across Kerala, officials said.
The Badrinath Highway was also blocked for some time this morning at Lambagad, Pipalkoti and Gauchar due to heavy rains. Relief and rescue teams have been rushed to affected areas, Chamoli District Magistrate Ashish Joshi said.
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India weather HIGHLIGHTS: Rains in Gujarat resulted in temperature dropping a few notches across the state barring Rajkot and Surendranagar, which witnessed temperatures higher than 40 degrees Celsius.
The MeT department has predicted Delhi will witness clear skies throughout the day with the maximum temperature likely to settle around 39 degrees Celsius.
With the mercury touching the 41 degrees Celsius mark on Monday, breaking a 10-year record for the month of June, the MeT office has predicted that temperatures may rise further.


