The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a weather alert predicting heavy rainfall across several states in the sub-Himalayan and Northeastern regions.
According to the latest weather forecast by IMD, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and the entire northeastern region will receive heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next few days until Thursday (July 1) due to the influence of strong southwesterly winds.
“Under the influence of strong moist southwesterly winds; fairly widespread to widespread rainfall very likely over West Bengal & Sikkim and Northeastern states during next 5 days,” IMD tweeted on Sunday.
“Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Assam & Meghalaya during next 5 days; Arunachal Pradesh on 27th June & 28th June; Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on 30th June & 1st July,” it said.
“Isolated extremely falls also likely over Assam and Meghalaya during 28th-30th and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on 30th June and 1st July, 2021,” it added.
The Met department has also predicted rains due to moist easterly winds picking up strength in the Himalayan foothills of Bihar, north Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on July 1 and July 2.
Apart from these regions, Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh are likely to receive strong surface winds on June 30 and July 1, while moderate thunderstorms accompanied by frequent cloud to ground lightning are expected over parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in 24 hours.
However, the IMD has said that no favourable conditions for further advance of monsoon are likely to develop over Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Rajasthan and Punjab for this week.
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