IMD predicts light to moderate rainfall at various places, accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning

The India Meteorological Department said on Monday that the recent satellite imagery suggest light to moderate rainfall at many places, with occasional intense spells accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds in the next couple of hours, bringing much respite from the scorching heat.

"Recent satellite imagery suggests: (i) Light to moderate rainfall at many places, with occasional intense spells accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds likely over West Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the next 3 hours," the IMD posted on X.

"Light to moderate rainfall at a few places, accompanied by isolated thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds in Vidarbha and adjoining north Telangana, east Telangana, Rayalaseema, coastal and south interior Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, southeast Rajasthan, East Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and and Tripura, during the same period," it added.

Additionally, the IMD also forecast light to moderate rainfall at many places with occasional intense spells accompanied with isolated thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds likely over West Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andaman & Nicobar Islands during next 3 hours.

Earlier, a fresh bout of rainfall lashed parts of the national capital on Sunday afternoon, bringing respite to the people after they had been battling the heatwave in the region for the past two months.

The weather department said that the monsoon is expected to hit Delhi-NCR around June 30.

The extreme heatwave had pushed Delhi's power demand. According to the State Load Dispatch Centre data, at 3:22 PM on June 18, Delhi's peak power demand clocked 8,647 MW. It is the highest ever in the history of the national capital.

According to a Ministry of Power press release, on June 17, 2024, the Northern Region alone recorded its highest peak demand of 89 GW, which was successfully met despite the prevailing heatwave.