Monsoon fury: Heavy rainfall forecast across India, Himachal braces for intense showers

A weather system is expected to bring light to moderate rainfall across northwest India over the next five days, with isolated instances of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, east Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.

The India Meteorological Department has predicted that the intense rainfall spell over Himachal Pradesh and adjoining areas of north Punjab and Haryana will continue on Monday before significantly decreasing thereafter. They also predict that extremely heavy rainfall activity will take place over northeast and adjoining east India during the next three days.

In India’s northwest, it has been predicted that light to moderate rainfall will occur across a wide area, with isolated instances of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, east Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh over the next five days.

Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, extreme north Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh, as well as Rajasthan’s west region can expect significant rainfall on Monday, followed by a reduction in intensity, according to the IMD.

The forecast predicts that Himachal Pradesh may experience isolated instances of extremely heavy rainfall on Monday while Delhi can expect isolated heavy rainfall, with a decrease in intensity afterward. This means that while Himachal Pradesh may experience some extremely heavy rainfall, Delhi will only experience isolated heavy rainfall. This decrease in intensity is good news for Delhi, as it means that the rainfall will not be as heavy as it could have been.

In east and adjoining northeast, there will be scattered light to moderate rainfall, with isolated occurrences of heavy to very heavy rainfall in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Bihar over the next three to four days, followed by isolated heavy rainfall,” it said.

Odisha may experience isolated heavy rainfall over the next five days while Jharkhand can expect it on July 12 and 13. “Meghalaya may witness isolated extremely heavy rainfall from Monday to Wednesday while Arunachal Pradesh and sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim can expect it on July 11 and 12,” the weather report said.

The IMD has predicted that there will be light to moderate rainfall over Konkan and Goa, and the Gujarat region for the next five days. They added that the ghat areas of central Maharashtra could expect isolated heavy rainfall on July 13 and 14, while Saurashtra and Kutch may experience it on Monday.

In central India, rainfall will be light to moderate with fairly widespread to widespread coverage for the next five days. There may be isolated heavy rainfall in West Madhya Pradesh on July 11 and 12.

South India is expecting light to moderate rainfall with isolated heavy downpours in coastal Karnataka and Kerala over the next five days. Coastal Andhra Pradesh may experience it on Monday and Tuesday.