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Dimapur | May 8
Thunderstorm and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Nagaland and other North-East States are likely to continue for next four days, forecasted the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on May 7.
As per the IMD’s ‘All India Weather Summary and Forecast Bulletin’ (May7-11), updated Saturday evening, there is likelihood of thunderstorm accompanied with lightning on May 8 at isolated places over Assam Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Coastal Andhra Pradesh-Yanam, Rayalaseema, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu- Puducherry-Karaikal.
Elsewhere, heat wave conditions are ‘very likely’ to continue in isolated pockets in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, West Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha on May 8, it said.
Along with similar pattern of ‘thunderstorm accompanied with lightning on May 9 over the region, the IMD also informed that heavy rainfall at isolated places islikely over Assam-Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura and Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-Karaikal.
On May 10 and 11, heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over coastal Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura and north Coastal, it added.
On both days, the national weather forecaster also predicted ‘heat wave conditions in isolated pockets likely over south Punjab, south Haryana, Rajasthan and Vidarbha.’
Fairly widespread to widespread moderate rainfall likely to continue over Northeast India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim & Andaman & Nicobar Islands; scattered rainfall over East India and isolated rainfall over south peninsular India from May 12-14 while dry weather likely over rest parts of the country, it added.
Cyclonic storm likely to curve away
Meanwhile, the PTI news agency reported on Saturday that the cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal will not make landfall in either Odisha or Andhra Pradesh but will move parallel to the coast.
It will recurve north-northeastwards and move towards northwest Bay of Bengal after nearing the North Andhra-Odisha coast, it informed, citing IMD’s DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said.
“The well-marked low pressure area intensified into a depression and is now moving towards the coast in the northwestwards direction. It will continue to move in that direction till May 10 evening, and thereafter recurve in the sea north-northeastwards and move parallel to the coast,” he was quoted as saying.
Source: https://www.morungexpress.com/more-rains-in-nagaland-ne-for-next-4-days-imd-forecasts
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