Weather Forecast April 24: Rain in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Kashmir, hot weather in Delhi, Haryana

To begin with North India, a Western Disturbance lies over North Pakistan and adjoining Jammu and Kashmir. Due to which, rain and thundershowers may affect parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and foothills of Punjab. Its induced cyclonic circulation is over Northwest Rajasthan. Therefore, few parts of Rajasthan may also witness dust storm and thundershower activity. Weather in Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh will remain dry and very warm.

Humid winds from Bay of Bengal are increasing moisture over the northeastern states. Thus, rain and thundershowers will continue over few places of Sikkim, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. Weather of East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand will be dry. Isolated rains may occur over Odisha.

In South India, the north-south trough is extending from Central India to Kerala across Interior Karnataka. Therefore, we expect scattered rains to continue in Kerala. Isolated rains will also occur in Interior Tamil Nadu and South Interior Karnataka. Weather of rest Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will eb dry and hot.

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Weather of Central India is expected to remain dry. Heat wave conditions are expected to occur in few places of Rajasthan and isolated pockets of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Dry and hot winds will continue to blow over all these areas, leading to increase in day temperatures. Chhattisgarh will also become dry now.

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Weather Forecast for Nagaland from April 23 to April 29

With potential cyclone brewing in Bay, stormy days ahead for Tamil Nadu, Chennai

It seems that the wait for season’s maiden cyclonic storm is going to end soon. Skymet Weather has already indicated towards a likely depression in Bay of Bengal, which has fair chances of intensifying into a tropical storm by early next week. If this forms, the cyclonic storm would be named as ‘Fani’.

With this, speculations about the track of the possible cyclonic storm have started doing rounds, with several models indicating towards different tracks. All eyes are now on whether it would head towards the Indian coast of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh or re-curve and move towards Myanmar or Bangladesh.

According to weathermen, there has been a consensus on the formation of the tropical storm but not on the track so far. Initially, the system which is presently just a cyclonic circulation over extreme Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean, would be tracking northwestwards.

By April 25, it is likely to induce a low pressure area and thereafter into a depression by April 26. By this time, it would have moved to Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Indian Ocean.

However, there is an uncertainty about the track thereafter but as it will travel in favourable weather conditions, it would continue to gather more strength.

Going by scenario 1, the likely storm Fani is likely to track northwest and hit Tamil Nadu coast. If this happens, Tamil Nadu, particularly its north coastal areas would encounter stormy weather. Spells of heavy rains, intense thundershowers, high velocity winds, lightning, flooding, rough sea conditions will be seen during that time, which is around April 29.

Chennai, which has been battling hot and sultry weather for long now, would also see good rains. Weathermen are of the view that the potential cyclone may cross the coast from the close proximity of Chennai, bringing some flooding rains.

Scenario 1

Going by scenario 2, weather models are indicating that after reaching Southwest Bay of Bengal as a depression, it is likely to re-curve and move northeastwards. The system would then be heading to either Myanmar or Bangladesh coast.

Nonetheless, while re-curving it would skirt the East Coast and as a result, we might see some rains over coastal stations of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. However, we can expect cloudy sky, bringing light rains with few moderate spells. The effect of the system in that case would not be as intense as in the scenario one.

Scenario 2

Out of the two scenarios, majority of numerical weather systems are in favour of the former than the latter. However, since we have six days in between, we need to wait and watch. The picture would be clearer by the end of the week.

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Dust storm and thundershowers to hit Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Barmer

Rajasthan has been witnessing dry weather since the last six days. Significant rise in mercury was observed April 20 onward.

At present, most of the places in Rajasthan are witnessing temperatures close to 40°C or more. Thus, heat wave condition is a highly possible in parts of West and South Rajasthan in next 24 hours. There is another development, a Cyclonic Circulation that has formed in lower levels of Northeast Rajasthan in the wake of a fresh Western Disturbance which at present is over North Pakistan.

By tomorrow, April 24, we expect scattered dust storm and thundershower activities to commence over Northwest and West Rajasthan. Similar weather conditions would prevail in the region till April 25. Places like Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Churu, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jodhpur might experience dust storm activities followed by light thundershowers or thunderstorms. During this period, there are chances that wind speed might reach 50-60 kmph gusting at 70 kmph.

In the wake of these weather activities some relief is expected from the hot and dry weather conditions in the region. But the relief will be short lived as the weather activities will be patchy and will be seen during late afternoon or evening hours.

As the temperatures would rise further during the month of May, we expect intensity of dust storms and thunderstorms to increase. Intermittent pre-Monsoon rain and thundershower activities would also continue in May till first half of June. These activities would only give momentary relief from high temperatures and precautions should be taken from destructive winds.

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Part of Chennai coast could be submerged in water by 2100

Rising sea levels will become a big problem for the city of Chennai in less than a century from now. As per a study published by researchers from Anna University and National Water Centre, UAE University, by the year 2100, a stretch from Adyar near Foreshore Estate to Thiruvanmiyur which lies on the South Chennai coast could be submerged in water. Moreover, water from the sea will enter at least 40 metres into the land from the current shore.

This will have major issues, mainly cause the mixing of seawater with groundwater, due to which the aquifer already under threat due to excessive extraction of water will further be affected. The area which was studied is 35 sqkm Bay of Bengal on the eastern side and Adyar River in the north; Buckingham Canal towards the west along with Muttukadu backwater to the south for identifying the impact of sea level rise and tidal effects on the complex aquifer.

At least 30 spots, for the study, borewells were dug. This area has water bodies all around that remain vulnerable to seawater intrusion, putting the groundwater aquifer at risk.

Three scenarios were studied including one being the high tide and low tide with sea level rise on a six-hour interval; without taking tidal effect into consideration and sea level rise and finally with sea level rise of 2mm annually up to 2100.

The simulation of the groundwater table without taking sea level rise into consideration shows a reduction in the groundwater table by a 0.35m on the Adyar to Thiruvanmiyur stretch, which will result in sea water intrusion. However, the groundwater table remains stagnant towards Thiruvanmiyur to Muttukadu.

On the other hand, if sea level rises by 2 mm each year, the simulation of the groundwater table increases the groundwater table by 0.15m from Adyar to Thiruvanmiyur and by 0.27m from Thiruvanmiyur to Muttukadu.

The simulated tidal impact on groundwater is nothing compared with the impact of sea level rise.

For the past half a century, a 3.6mm rise in sea level a year has been reported in the Bay due to melting of glaciers in the Himalayas. The rise in the Bay of Bengal is way more than any other Asian regions. The study has taken a 2007 report in consideration and mentioned that if sea level rises by a metre, 60 km of coastal inland can be inundated.

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[Hindi] दिल्ली और राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र में हीट वेव करेगा वापसी, राहत के आसार नहीं

राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र पिछले एक सप्ताह से तेज़ गर्मी का सामना कर रही है। 18 अप्रैल से, दिल्ली, नोएडा, गुरुग्राम, फरीदाबाद और गाजियाबाद में अधिकतम और न्यूनतम तापमान लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं।

प्रतिदिन इन क्षेत्रों में लगभग 2˚C की वृद्धि देखी जा रही है। कल, दिल्ली में पालम ने अधिकतम तापमान 40 ˚C दर्ज किया, जबकि रिज में पारा 40.6˚C तक पहुंचा, आयानगर में 39.7 ˚C और सफदरजंग में 38.5˚C दर्ज किया।

दिन के तापमान में यह वृद्धि का दौर जारी रहेगा और जल्द ही दिल्ली के सफदरजंग में भी अधिकतम तापमान 40 ˚C के स्तर को छू सकता है। बढ़ते अधिकतम तापमान के साथ, शुष्क मौसम और स्पष्ट आकाश की स्थिति दिल्ली-एनसीआर में प्रबल होने की उम्मीद है। इसके साथ ही, दिल्ली में हीट वेव की वापसी भी देखी जाएगी।

आने वाले दिनों में क्षेत्र के न्यूनतम तापमान में भी वृद्धि जारी रहेगी। दिल्ली और राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र में रात का तापमान 23 ˚C और 24 ˚C के बीच रहने की उम्मीद है।

हालाँकि, जम्मू व कश्मीर में एक नए पश्चिमी विक्षोभ के निकट आने के कारण, उत्तर भारत की पहाड़ी राजी आज से गरज के साथ कुछ बारिश की गतिविधियां देखी जा सकती हैं। इसका, हल्का सा असर 25 अप्रैल के आसपास दिल्ली-एनसीआर में भी महसूस किया जाएगा।

लेकिन चूंकि ये मौसम की गतिविधियां कम अवधि की होंगी तथा श्याम के समय ही होंगी, इसलिए दिल्ली और इससे सटे इलाकों में बढ़ती गर्मी और बढ़ते तापमान में कोई राहत मिलने की उम्मीद नहीं है।

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कृपया ध्यान दें: स्काइमेट की वेबसाइट पर उपलब्ध किसी भी सूचना या लेख को प्रसारित या प्रकाशित करने पर साभार: skymetweather.com अवश्य लिखें।

[Hindi] दिल्ली, हरियाणा, राजस्थान, गुजरात, मध्य प्रदेश और महाराष्ट्र जल्द होंगे भीषण गर्मी की चपेट में

दिल्ली, हरियाणा, उत्तर प्रदेश, राजस्थान, गुजरात, मध्य प्रदेश, आंध्र प्रदेश और तेलंगाना में विशेषकर दिन के समय भीषण गर्मी का सामना करना पढ़ता है।

शुष्क और गर्म उत्तर-पश्चिमी हवाओं के निरंतर प्रवाह के कारण, दिन के तापमान में प्रतिदिन वृद्धि देखी जा रही है। उदाहरण के लिए, दिल्ली में कल तापमान 40.2˚C दर्ज किया गया।

कल, फलोदी ने अधिकतम तापमान 44˚C दर्ज किया, जो अब तक का सबसे अधिक तापमान रहा है। लगभग समान तापमान दर्ज करने वाले अन्य स्थान थे बाड़मेर जहा पारा 43.8˚C रेकॉर्ड किया गया, खरगोन में43.5˚C, जैसलमेर में 43˚C, कांडला में 42.8˚C, बीकानेर में 42.6˚C, अकोला और बांदा में 42.4˚C, ब्रह्मपुरी में42.3˚C और परभणी में 42.1˚C

स्काईमेट के मौसम वैज्ञानिकों के पूर्वानुमान के अनुसार, अगले 24 से 48 घंटों में, दिल्ली के अधिकांश हिस्सों के साथ-साथ हरियाणा और उत्तर प्रदेश को लू की स्थिति का सामना करना पड़ सकता है। इस अवधि के दौरान राजस्थान, दक्षिण पश्चिम मध्य प्रदेश, गुजरात, महाराष्ट्र, तेलंगाना, आंध्र प्रदेश और ओडिशा के कई हिस्सों में भी लू की चपेट में आने की संभावना है।

तापमान में वृद्धि का विशेष कारण है किसी भी महत्वपूर्ण मौसम प्रणाली की अनुपस्थिति। यह स्थिति कम से कम एक सप्ताह तक उत्तर और मध्य भारत में बनी रहेगी।

इन राज्यों में दिन का तापमान पहले से ही 40˚C को पार कर चुका है। आने वाले दिनों में पारा 45˚C तक पहुंच सकता है, जिससे भीषण लू की स्थिति पैदा हो सकती है।

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Rain, thundershowers in Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Chandigarh and Amritsar on April 24 and 25

A fresh Western Disturbance is currently over North Afghanistan and adjoining parts of Pakistan. This system would start affecting Jammu and Kashmir by tonight in terms of light scattered rainfall activities. The intensity of rain is expected to increase by April 24 with several parts of Jammu and Kashmir observing light to moderate rain and thundershowers. Isolated places in the higher reaches may also witness snowfall activities.

Himachal Pradesh may also receive scattered rain and thundershower activities during this period. While rain in Uttarakhand will be isolated. The Western Disturbance will keep giving weather activities over all the three hilly states until April 25. Thereafter, the weather will move eastward leading to dry conditions once again.

Vaishno Devi in Katra too will get to witness scattered rain and thundershowers on April 24 and 25. However, pre-Monsoon rains won’t be heavy in nature, thus if you have any plans to visit the Vaishno Devi shrine, there is no need to postpone them.

The northern districts of Punjab like Pathankot, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Chandigarh might also receive scattered rain and thundershower activities on April 24 and 25. These rains would be for a short duration and if in case the activity is intense, there can be some damage to wheat crop.

We are now in the fourth week of April; therefore, frequency and intensity of Western Disturbances will not be as strong as they were in the months of February and March. Heavy spell of rain is therefore a rare chance in the region and normal life will carry on as usual.

During these weather activities, temperatures are expected to drop by two to four degrees. While April 26 onward, due to clearance of the weather activity and cloud cover, temperatures will once again start rising. The weather in Kullu, Manali, Nainital and Dharamshala will be pleasant and comfortable. While, post rains, day would become warm over Jammu, Solan, Katra, Nahan, Rishikesh and Dehradun.

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IPL 2019: Humid Chennai to host CSK vs SRH clash

The Indian Premier League has been crackling throughout the season and cricket fanatics have only been asking for more action. Tonight, another interesting clash is all set between the Chennai Super Kings and the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The game will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai at 8:00 PM tonight. Weather wise, humid weather in Chennai will be the highlight with players experiencing discomfort even during the night. Humidity will be around 70-80 percent.

Talking about rains, largely, Chennai is expected to remain rain free. However, the bleak possibility of local thunderclouds development cannot be ruled out. Nevertheless, the game will go through. Temperatures will settle between 29 and 30 degrees Celsius.

Team wise, Chennai Super Kings have come second in place after losing two consecutive games. However, they still continue to remain in a strong position with their Captain Cool holding the baton quite tight. On the other hand, we have the Sunrisers Hyderabad who are on the fourth spot but are high on confidence as they did win the last two games.

It will be interesting if Dhoni’s magical spinners will do the trick or will it be Bumrah and Warner putting up a show.

Talking about last night’s game, Delhi Capitals throttled the Rajasthan Royals taking the top spot and making their presence felt quite well.

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At 42.5 degrees Celcius, Delhi records highest day temperature of season

Updated at 6:25 PM

As forecast by Skymet, the national capital Delhi sweltered under intense heat today. The Palam Observatory saw the day temperature settle at an extremely uncomfortable 42.5 degrees Celsius, which is the highest maximum temperature to be recorded of the season so far. The earlier highest was 41.2 degrees Celsius, recorded on April 15.

The Safdarjung Observatory (Base Observatory) also saw the temperature touch 40.3 degrees Celsius, which is again a record for the season so far.

According to meteorologists, the rising trend of heat in Delhi-NCR is going to prevail for some time. The day temperature could create more such records with chances of heat wave conditions increasing.

Updated at 1:26 PM- Heat wave to occur in parts of Delhi and NCR due to increasing maximums

The National Capital Region has been experiencing shades of weather since the past one week. Starting from a rainy spell between April 15 and 17 to rising temperatures, the capital has been witnessing different weather patterns.

Since April 18, the maximum and minimum temperatures of Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Ghaziabad are rising continuously. Every day these areas witness a rise of about 2˚C. Yesterday, the Palam Observatory in Delhi recorded 40˚C as the maximum temperature, while Ridge recorded 40.6˚C, Ayanagar 39.7˚C and Safdarjung 38.5˚C.

This increase in day temperature is expected to continue in Delhi with the Safdarjung base Observatory likely to see maximum touching the 40˚C mark. Along with rising maximums, dry weather and clear sky conditions are expected to prevail in Delhi-NCR.

The minimums of the region will also continue to rise in the coming days. The night temperature in Delhi and NCR is expected to settle between 23˚C and 24˚C.

Due to persistent rise in day temperatures, pockets of the National Capital Region may witness heat wave condition in the next one week.

However, due to the approaching Western Disturbance, the hills of North India will be observing rain and thundershower activities starting today. Its affect will also be felt in Delhi-NCR around April 25, with patchy thunderstorm activity being observed during the latter half of the day.

But as these weather activities will be of short duration, no relief is expected from the ongoing heat and rising temperatures in Delhi and it adjoining areas.

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Forecast of pre Monsoon rain in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, no relief from heat

A confluence zone was persisting over Andhra Pradesh and Telangana that was extending from eastern parts of the country up to Interior Tamil Nadu. This system kept oscillating east-west and at times it affected Telangana and sometimes Andhra Pradesh.

Generally, at this time of the year, a confluence zone or a north-south trough forms that affects Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. At times, it is seen affecting Vidarbha also but now we expect this trough to weaken and lead to dry weather conditions over most parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the coming two to three days. Although experts say that scattered pre-Monsoon rains would continue over these states till April 24.

Today onward, the temperatures would start rising. Currently, the temperatures in Andhra Pradesh are near normal while many parts of Telangana are witnessing below normal temperatures. In the next couple of days both day and night temperatures in the region are expected to rise now. Maximums in Andhra Pradesh are expected to record above normal by 2-3 degrees.

In the last 24 hours, Hyderabad witnessed 3.1 mm of rain and the maximum settled at 35.7°C which is three degrees below normal. Whereas, Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh recorded 3.7 mm of rain and day temp of 41.2°C, which is marginally above normal. Nellore too witnessed 0.8 mm of rains with maximums settling at 37.4°C, two degrees below normal.

Telangana which was large deficient in the beginning of April is now deficient by 33%. The deficiency levels have improved because of the intermittent pre-Monsoon rain and thundershowers in parts of Telangana since last many days.

While Coastal Andhra Pradesh is now in normal rain category with a deficiency of just 11% (+/-19%) and Rayalaseema is large deficient by 65%. The weather of Rayalaseema remained dry throughout the season however, Rayalaseema received scattered rain and thundershowers in past 24 hours.

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Heat wave to grip parts of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been observing hot weather conditions, particularly during the day time.

Moreover, due to continuous flow of northwesterly winds, temperatures are increasing day by day. For instance Delhi’s Palam Observatory recorded 40.2˚C as the day temperature yesterday.

According to the forecast by meteorologists at Skymet, in the next 24 to 48 hours, most parts of Delhi along with its adjoining areas of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh may face heat wave conditions. Similar conditions are likely to prevail in Rajasthan, South West Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, isolated parts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha during this period.

The rise in temperatures can be attributed to the absence of any significant rain bearing weather system. This condition will continue to prevail in North and Central India for at least a week.

Day temperatures in these states which are already above 40.0˚C, may reach up to 45.0˚C and cause heat wave condition in isolated pockets. This heat is likely to cause unbearable weather conditions in some areas.

Yesterday, Phalodi recorded its maximum temperature at 44˚C, which is the highest of the season so far. Other places that recorded almost similar temperatures were Barmer 43.8˚C, Khargone 43.5˚C, Jaisalmer 43.0˚C, Kandla 42.8˚C, Bikaner 42.6˚C, Akola and Banda 42.4˚C, Brahmapuri 42.3˚C and Parbhani 42.1˚C.

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