####018005418#### WWIN40 DEMS 290300 IWB (MORNING) DATED 29-04-2024 METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS: THE WESTERN DISTURBANCE AS A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER EAST AFGHANISTAN & NEIGHBOURHOOD AT 3.1 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITH A TROUGH ALOFT IN UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WESTERLIES WITH ITS AXIS AT 5.8 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL NOW RUNS ROUGHLY ALONG LONG. 65OE TO THE NORTH OF LAT. 27ON. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHWEST RAJASTHAN & NEIGHBOURHOOD AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHEAST ASSAM & NEIGHBOURHOOD PERSISTS AND NOW SEEN BETWEEN 1.5 & 3.1 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. A TROUGH RUNS FROM NORTH BIHAR TO MANIPUR ACROSS SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL AND SOUTH ASSAM AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTH BANGLADESH & NEIGHBOURHOOD AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL HAS MERGED WITH THE ABOVE TROUGH. THE TROUGH/WIND DISCONTINUITY FROM EASTERN PARTS OF VIDARBHA TO NORTH KERALA NOW RUNS FROM CENTRAL VIDARBHA TO COASTAL KARNATAKA ACROSS MARATHAWADA, INTERIOR KARNATAKA AND EXTENDS UPTO 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER GULF OF MANNAR & NEIGHBOURHOOD NOW LIES OVER SOUTH TAMIL NADU & NEIGHBOURHOOD AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF SOUTH ARABIAN SEA PERSISTS AND NOW EXTENDS UPTO 3.1 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. A FRESH WESTERN DISTURBANCE IS LIKELY TO AFFECT WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION FROM NIGHT OF 03RD MAY, 2024. THE TROUGH FROM NORTHEAST JHARKHAND TO SOUTH CHHATTISGARH AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL HAS BECOME LESS MARKED. RAINFALL FORECAST: AT MOST PLACES OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ASSAM & MEGHALAYA, HIMACHAL PRADESH AND JAMMU- KASHMIR-LADAKH-GILGIT-BALTISTAN-MUZAFFARABAD; AT MANY PLACES OVER NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM & TRIPURA; AT A FEW PLACES OVER UTTARAKHAND, PUNJAB AND LAKSHADWEEP; AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS, SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM, ODISHA, WEST UTTAR PRADESH, HARYANA-CHANDIGARH-DELHI, WEST RAJASTHAN, EAST MADHYA PRADESH, MARATHWADA, VIDARBHA, CHHATTISGARH, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL AND KERALA & MAHE; DRY WEATHER OVER REST PART OF THE COUNTRY. WEATHER WARNINGS: 29 APRIL (DAY 1): THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED WITH LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH) & HAILSTORM VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER HIMACHAL PRADESH, UTTARAKHAND AND PUNJAB; WITH LIGHTNING & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER JAMMU-KASHMIR-LADAKH-GILGIT-BALTISTAN-MUZAFFARABAD, HARYANA-CHANDIGARH- DELHI, ASSAM & MEGHALAYA, NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM & TRIPURA; WITH LIGHTNING, DUSTSTORM & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER WEST UTTAR PRADESH; WITH LIGHTNING & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER EAST MADHYA PRADESH, VIDARBHA, CHHATTISGARH, ODISHA; WITH LIGHTNING AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM, KERALA & MAHE AND LAKSHADWEEP. HEAVY RAINFALL VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER JAMMU-KASHMIR-LADAKH-GILGIT- BALTISTAN-MUZAFFARABAD, HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER WEST ASSAM & MEGHALAYA, TRIPURA, SOUTH GUJARAT REGION, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL AND COASTAL KARNATAKA. HEAT WAVE TO SEVERE HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL AT MANY PLACES OVER GANGETIC WEST BENGAL, BIHAR; IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER ODISHA; HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER EAST UTTAR PRADESH, SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL, JHARKHAND, SAURASHTRA & KUTCH, KONKAN & GOA, KERALA & MAHE, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM, TELANGANA, RAYALASEEMA AND INTERIOR KARNATAKA. WARM NIGHT CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER EAST UTTAR PRADESH, MADHYA MAHARASHTRA, MARATHWADA AND INTERIOR KARNATAKA. 30 APRIL (DAY 2): THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED WITH LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH) VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ASSAM & MEGHALAYA, NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM & TRIPURA; WITH LIGHTNING & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER JAMMU-KASHMIR-LADAKH-GILGIT-BALTISTAN-MUZAFFARABAD, PUNJAB, SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM; WITH LIGHTNING AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER HIMACHAL PRADESH, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, KERALA & MAHE AND LAKSHADWEEP. HEAVY RAINFALL VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND ASSAM & MEGHALAYA. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER WEST ASSAM & MEGHALAYA, TRIPURA, KONKAN & GOA, SOUTH GUJARAT REGION, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL, KERALA & MAHE AND COASTAL KARNATAKA. HEAT WAVE TO SEVERE HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL AT MANY PLACES OVER GANGETIC WEST BENGAL, BIHAR; IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER ODISHA; HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL, JHARKHAND, SAURASHTRA & KUTCH, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM, TELANGANA, RAYALASEEMA AND INTERIOR KARNATAKA. WARM NIGHT CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER INTERIOR KARNATAKA.=