IMD Forecasts Severe Heat Wave Conditions To Continue Over Northern India

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast severe heat wave conditions will continue to prevail over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh till 25th of this month. The IMD said, conditions are favorable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon over some parts of Southeast Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maldives, Comorin area and South Bay of Bengal and some more parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Andaman Sea during the next 2 days. 

Under its influence,



isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall expected over southern parts of India till Friday with possibility of extremely heavy falls over Kerala till tomorrow.  Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, Mahe and Karnataka are likely to witness very heavy rainfall for the next two to three days.

The weather department forecast a gradual rise of about 2-3 degrees Celsius in maximum temperatures over many parts of Central and Northwest India for the next few days.