####018005231#### WWIN40 DEMS 220300 IWB (MORNING) DATED 22-04-2024 METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS: THE WESTERN DISTURBANCE AS A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER EAST IRAN & ADJOINING AFGHANISTAN NOW LIES OVER AFGHANISTAN & ADJOINING PAKISTAN AT 5.8 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHEAST BANGLADESH & NEIGHBOURHOOD EXTENDING UPTO 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHEAST ASSAM & NEIGHBOURHOOD EXTENDING UPTO 3.1 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION LIES OVER MARATHWADA & ADJOINING WEST VIDARBHA AND EXTENDS UPTO 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE TROUGH/WIND DISCONTINUITY FROM VIDARBHA TO SOUTH TAMIL NADU NOW RUNS FROM SOUTH CHHATTISGARH TO SOUTH KERALA ACROSS VIDARBHA, CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER MARATHWADA & INTERIOR KARNATAKA AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION LIES OVER SOUTHEAST ARABIAN SEA AND EXTENDS UPTO 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. A FRESH WESTERN DISTURBANCE IS LIKELY TO AFFECT WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION FROM 26 TH APRIL, 2024. THE WESTERN DISTURBANCE AS A TROUGH WITH ITS AXIS AT 5.8 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ROUGHLY ALONG LONG. 73OE TO THE NORTH OF LAT. 30ON HAS MOVED AWAY EAST- NORTHEASTWARDS. THE NORTH-SOUTH TROUGH FROM CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHEAST BANGLADESH TO NORTH BAY OF BENGAL AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL HAS BECOME LESS MARKED. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER GULF OF MANNAR & NEIGHBOURHOOD AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL HAS BECOME LESS MARKED. RAINFALL FORECAST: AT MOST PLACES OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH; AT MANY PLACES OVER ASSAM & MEGHALAYA; AT FEW PLACES OVER ODISHA, UTTARAKHAND, HIMACHAL PRADESH, JAMMU-KASHMIR- LADAKH-GILGIT-BALTISTAN-MUZAFFARABAD, KERALA & MAHE AND LAKSHADWEEP; AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM & TRIPURA, WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM, JHARKHAND, BIHAR, UTTAR PRADESH, HARYANA-CHANDIGARH-DELHI, PUNJAB, RAJASTHAN, MADHYA PRADESH, MAHARASHTRA & GOA, CHHATTISGARH, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM, TELANGANA, RAYALASEEMA, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL AND KARNATAKA; DRY WEATHER OVER REST PART OF THE COUNTRY. WEATHER WARNINGS: 22 APRIL (DAY 1): THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED WITH LIGHTNING & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH) WITH HAILSTORM VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER MADHYA PRADESH, VIDARBHA, CHHATTISGARH AND ODISHA; WITH LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) & HAILSTORM AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER HIMACHAL PRADESH; WITH LIGHTNING & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ASSAM & MEGHALAYA; WITH LIGHTNING & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER JAMMU-KASHMIR-LADAKH- GILGIT-BALTISTAN-MUZAFFARABAD, EAST UTTAR PRADESH, NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM & TRIPURA, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM, RAYALASEEMA, TELANGANA AND NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA; WITH LIGHTNING AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER UTTARAKHAND, PUNJAB, HARYANA-CHANDIGARH-DELHI, WEST UTTAR PRADESH, WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM, JHARKHAND, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MADHYA MAHARASHTRA, MARATHWADA AND KERALA & MAHE. HEAVY RAINFALL VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND ASSAM & MEGHALAYA. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL, BIHAR, ASSAM, WEST MEGHALAYA, TRIPURA, KONKAN & GOA, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL, KERALA & MAHE, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM, RAYALASEEMA AND COASTAL KARNATAKA. HEAT WAVE TO SEVERE HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER GANGETIC WEST BENGAL; HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER ODISHA, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL AND INTERIOR KARNATAKA. WARM NIGHT CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER EAST MADHYA PRADESH. 23 APRIL (DAY 2): THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED WITH LIGHTNING & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH) VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER VIDARBHA, CHHATTISGARH AND ASSAM & MEGHALAYA; WITH LIGHTNING & GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER EAST MADHYA PRADESH, JHARKHAND, NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM & TRIPURA AND NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA; WITH LIGHTNING AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER HIMACHAL PRADESH, UTTARAKHAND, PUNJAB, WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM, ODISHA, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MADHYA MAHARASHTRA, MARATHWADA AND KERALA & MAHE. HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL, BIHAR, ODISHA, ASSAM, WEST MEGHALAYA, TRIPURA, KONKAN & GOA, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL, KERALA & MAHE, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM, RAYALASEEMA AND COASTAL KARNATAKA. HEAT WAVE TO SEVERE HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER GANGETIC WEST BENGAL; HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER EAST UTTAR PRADESH AND INTERIOR KARNATAKA. WARM NIGHT CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL IN ISOLATED POCKETS OVER EAST MADHYA PRADESH.=