• Source:JND

Weather Update: According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), several parts of India are expected to witness intense thunderstorm activity in April. Apart from this, April and June will see day temperatures that are either below normal or in the normal range in most parts of the country. A wet April and milder temperatures thereafter is expected to bring some relief to people as power demand is mostly high during this period.

IMD Forecast For Summers

In the latest forecast released by the IMD on Tuesday, areas in East, North East, eastern parts of Central India, and peninsular regions are likely to see warmer days this summer.

The IMD noted that minimum night temperatures are expected to stay higher than usual across most regions of India. However, parts of Maharashtra and Telangana may experience normal to slightly below-normal night temperatures through June. The combination of increased rain, thunderstorms, and persistent cloud cover is likely to keep daytime temperatures lower while preventing nights from cooling down, as clouds trap heat near the Earth’s surface.

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IMD has forecast above-average rainfall for April, estimating it at 112 per cent of the long period average (LPA). The LPA, calculated using rainfall data from 1971 to 2020, stands at 39.2 mm.

Intense and widespread thunderstorms will be witnessed across India in April. This comes as three western disturbances are expected to impact until April 9 and they will travel eastwards causing thunderstorm activity.

There are easterly waves over the peninsular region also which cause thunderstorm activity, according to M Mohapatra, director general, IMD.

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"This updated forecast is not completely different from the one we issued in March but now we can say more heat wave days are likely in May and June compared to April," Mohapatra further said, as quoted by a Hindustan Times report.

As per IMD, in April, above-normal heatwave days are likely over multiple areas of coastal areas of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. Apart from this, isolated regions of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka will also be impacted.


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