The IMD anticipates significant rainfall across India, with several states facing an extended period of wet weather. The daily weather forecast from the IMD indicates rain for numerous regions on Tuesday, August 26. Authorities have issued an orange to red alert, warning of intense rainfall for Jammu, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and north coastal Andhra Pradesh within the next three hours. The monsoon trough’s current location includes Bikaner, Jaipur, Datia, Banda, Ranchi, Digha, and extends toward the northeast Bay of Bengal. Weather patterns are also influenced by a cyclonic circulation over south Haryana and adjoining northeast Rajasthan, along with a Western Disturbance over Jammu. The IMD’s forecast includes predictions of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Punjab, and Rajasthan. Furthermore, heavy rainfall is expected in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Coastal Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Mahe, Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and West Madhya Pradesh. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and strong winds (30-40kmph) are likely in Bihar, Gujarat State, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Telangana. Thunderstorms and lightning are also expected in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, and Sikkim.
