####018004627#### WWIN40 DEMS 221200 IWB (EVENING) DATED 22-04-2024 METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS: THE WESTERN DISTURBANCE AS A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER AFGHANISTAN AND ADJOINING PAKISTAN AT 5.8 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHEAST BANGLADESH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD EXTENDING UPTO 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTHEAST ASSAM AND NEIGHBOURHOOD EXTENDING UPTO 3.1 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER MARATHWADA AND ADJOINING WEST VIDARBHA EXTENDING UPTO 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. THE TROUGH/WIND DISCONTINUITY FROM SOUTH CHHATTISGARH TO SOUTH KERALA ACROSS VIDARBHA, CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER MARATHWADA AND INTERIOR KARNATAKA AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER SOUTHEAST ARABIAN SEA EXTENDING UPTO 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. A FRESH WESTERN DISTURBANCE IS LIKELY TO AFFECT WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION FROM 26 TH APRIL, 2024. RAINFALL FORECAST: AT MOST PLACES OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH; AT MANY PLACES OVER ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA; AT FEW PLACES OVER ODISHA, UTTARAKHAND, HIMACHAL PRADESH, JAMMU- KASHMIR-LADAKH-GILGIT-BALTISTAN-MUZAFFARABAD, KERALA AND MAHE AND LAKSHADWEEP; AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM AND TRIPURA, WEST BENGAL AND SIKKIM, JHARKHAND, BIHAR, UTTAR PRADESH, HARYANA-CHANDIGARH- DELHI, PUNJAB, RAJASTHAN, MADHYA PRADESH, MAHARASHTRA AND GOA, CHHATTISGARH, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH AND YANAM, TELANGANA, RAYALASEEMA, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY AND KARAIKAL AND KARNATAKA; DRY WEATHER OVER REST PART OF THE COUNTRY. WEATHER WARNINGS: 22 APRIL (DAY 1): THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED WITH LIGHTNING AND 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) AND HAILSTORM AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER HIMACHAL PRADESH; WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA; WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER JAMMU-KASHMIR-LADAKH-GILGIT-BALTISTAN- MUZAFFARABAD, EAST UTTAR PRADESH, BIHAR, NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM AND TRIPURA, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH AND YANAM, RAYALASEEMA, TELANGANA, KERALA AND MAHE AND INTERIOR KARNATAKA; WITH LIGHTNING AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER UTTARAKHAND, PUNJAB, HARYANA-CHANDIGARH-DELHI, WEST UTTAR PRADESH, RAJASTHAN, WEST BENGAL AND SIKKIM, JHARKHAND, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MADHYA MAHARASHTRA AND MARATHWADA. HEAVY RAINFALL VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER VERY LIKELY TO PREVAIL OVER SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL, BIHAR, ASSAM, WEST MEGHALAYA, TRIPURA, KONKAN AND GOA, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY AND KARAIKAL, KERALA AND MAHE, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH AND 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 AND 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 AND GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 40-50 KMPH) VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER VIDARBHA, CHHATTISGARH AND ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA; WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER EAST MADHYA PRADESH, JHARKHAND, NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM AND TRIPURA AND NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA; WITH LIGHTNING AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER HIMACHAL PRADESH, UTTARAKHAND, PUNJAB, WEST BENGAL AND SIKKIM, ODISHA, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MADHYA MAHARASHTRA, MARATHWADA AND KERALA AND 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 AND GOA, TAMIL NADU, PUDUCHERRY AND KARAIKAL, KERALA AND MAHE, COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH AND 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.=