Weather Today: More Rains Predicted Till 5 April Due To 'Active Western Disturbance' - See Full IMD Forecast

(MENAFN- Live Mint) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of active Western disturbance impact over northwest India on 2 April. The day temperatures are likely to remain near normal to below normal over the region till 6 April.

Suggesting that the prevailing weather conditions will cause light to moderate precipitation over northwest India till 5 April with peak activity in the next two days, the weather department said,“Fresh wet spell with Scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall/snowfall with isolated thunderstorm, lightning & gusty winds (speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph) likely over Jammu Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh on 03rd & 04th & 07th April; Uttarakhand during 03rd -05th April.” The weather office forecasted isolated heavy rainfall over Jammu-Kashmir on 3 April.

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IMD in its latest weather bulletin stated,“Wet spell with thunderstorm & lightning likely over central parts of the country till 06th April with isolated hailstorm activity likely till 03rd April, 2026.”

The weather agency forecasted“isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorm, lightning & gusty winds” in the following regions:

Punjab, Haryana and Delhi over the coming two days West Uttar Pradesh between 3 and 5 April; East Uttar Pradesh on 4 and 5 April East Rajasthan over the next two days and then again on 6 and 7 April.

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West Rajasthan till 4 April and then again on 6 and 7 April. West Bengal and Sikkim on 5 April Bihar on 5 and 6 April Jharkhand on 4 and 5 April Odisha till 5 April Central India till 6 April. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka during next 4 days Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry over next 3 days Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada and Gujarat during till 4 April with lightning over coastal Maharashtra on 2nd April.

Weather forecast for northeastern states

Meanwhile, northeastern states are set to witness“widespread light to moderate rainfall” accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds till 5 April. It predicted downpour in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on 2 April with lightning in Arunachal Pradesh on 4 and 5th April.

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IMD predicted“partly cloudy sky” with maximum and minimum temperatures in normal range on 2 April. The maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi are likely to be in the range of 35°C to 37°C and 18°C to 20°C, respectively, IMD said. A yellow alert for heavy rains is in place for 4 April. The average precipitation in Delhi on Wednesday was 5.2 mm.

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