Thunderstorm with lightning & squall likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gilgit- Baltistan

GG News Bureau
New Delhi,24th June. According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) heavy to very heavy Rainfall very likely at isolated places over Chhattisgarh at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Jharkhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Gujarat region, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan & Goa, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Telangana, Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe.
Thunderstorm with lightning & squall (speed 50-60 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; with lightning & squall (speed 40-50 kmph) at isolated places over Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi; with lightning & gusty winds (speed 30-40 kmph) at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, West Uttar Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and with lightning at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Kerala & Mahe and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal. Thunderstorm/Duststorm with gusty winds (speed 30-40 kmph) highly likely at isolated places over West Rajasthan. Strong Winds (speed 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph) very likely over Southwest, West central and Northeast Arabian Sea and along & off Gujarat coast and over West central Bay of Bengal and along & off Andhra Pradesh coast. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas.
The northern Limit of southwest monsoon (NLM) continues to pass through Lat. 26°N / Long. 70°E, Barmer, Bhilwara, Dholpur, Aligarh, Meerut, Ambala and Amritsar.
Further advance of southwest monsoon into remaining parts of Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab is likely to be slow as large scale features are not favourable and the forecast wind pattern by the numerical models do not indicate any favourable condition for sustained rainfall over the region during the forecast period.
The trough at mean sea level from north Punjab to northeast Bay of Bengal across Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, north Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal persists.
The cyclonic circulation over southwest Bihar & adjoining southeast Uttar Pradesh now lies over Jharkhand & neighbourhood and extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height.
The trough from the cyclonic circulation over southwest Bihar & adjoining southeast Uttar Pradesh to south Chhattisgarh now runs from cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand to south Coastal Andhra Pradesh across interior Odisha and extends upto 1.5 km above mean sea level.
An east west trough runs from cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand to north Gujarat across north Chhattisgarh and south Madhya Pradesh at 3.1 km above mean sea level.
A cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Rajasthan & neighbourhood and extends upto 1.5 km above mean sea level.
The Western Disturbance as a trough in mid & upper tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 71°E to the north of Lat. 25°N persists.
The cyclonic circulation over Northeast & adjoining Northwest Arabian Sea at 5.8 km above mean sea level has become less marked.