The India Meteorological Department forecast rain, thunderstorms and fog across parts of India on Sunday, November 15. A western disturbance will influence the northwest, while a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify. These weather changes will bring showers to many regions over coming days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast rain, thunderstorms and fog in parts of the country on Sunday, November 15, as a developing weather system over the Bay of Bengal and a western disturbance influence conditions across different regions.
The most significant development is a well-marked low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal.
The system is expected to strengthen into a depression within the next 24 hours and could intensify further into a cyclonic storm over the central parts of the south and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal around the evening of November 16.
BAY SYSTEM TO GROW STRONGER
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are likely to receive heavy rainfall at isolated places on November 15, with thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 40-50 kmph also expected in isolated areas.
The system is likely to move northwestwards, with its circulation extending across the southeast Bay of Bengal.
Its expected intensification will remain an important weather development over the next few days.
Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon-related rainfall activity is likely to continue over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala, with isolated to scattered showers forecast in these regions.
RAIN ACROSS INDIA
A western disturbance, a weather system that travels eastwards from the west and can bring rain or snowfall to the region, is expected to influence northwest India.
The IMD has forecast isolated rainfall over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh may also receive isolated showers, while east Rajasthan is likely to see rainfall on Sunday.
Thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds of 30-40 kmph are possible at isolated places in Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. West Uttar Pradesh is also likely to experience dense fog in isolated pockets.
For Delhi, the forecast points to generally cloudy skies, with a possibility of very light rain or drizzle at isolated places from morning to forenoon. Mist or shallow fog is likely at most places, with moderate fog possible in isolated areas.
The maximum temperature is expected to remain between 25 and 27 degrees Celsius, while the minimum may settle between 16 and 18 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is likely to be below normal, even as night temperatures remain above the seasonal average.
Across much of central, western and northeastern India, IMD does not expect any significant weather activity on November 15.