Heavy rainfall in northeast, parts of TN, Kerala to bring relief from heatwave

Heavy rainfall is expected to lash Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura and the ghat areas of Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the next five days, the IMD has predicted.

This would bring down the temperatures by about 2 to 3 degree Celsius, including in the rest of India, giving the much needed relief from the early heatwave that has spanned the nation.

The report said that a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the Western Himalayan Region from Tuesday night onwards, which would cause a drop in maximum temperatures by 2 to 3 degree Celsius over several parts of northwest India.
Heavy showers are likely to lash Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday and Wednesday, in Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram Wednesday and Thursday.

“Under the influence of trough/wind discontinuity over south peninsular India, heavy rainfall likely over Kerala on April 11 and over ghat areas of Tamil Nadu on April 11,” the IMD bulletin warned and added that squally weather (wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph) is very likely over Gulf of Mannar, Comorin area, south-west Bay of Bengal on April 11, because of which fishermen have been advised not to venture into these areas.

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Widespread rainfall, triggered by strong southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal and accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning, is very likely over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya and isolated/scattered rainfall over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura during next five days.

Several places across northeast Indian states and Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been receiving varied amounts of rainfall over the last two days.