GUWAHATI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Assam and Meghalaya. The National Weather Forecasting Centre also predicted heavy rainfall for Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Apart from heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds at speed between 40 and 50 kilometres per hour is predicted.
Issued at 1315 the IMD weather report says:
29 June (Day 1): ♦ Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall with extremely heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Assam & Meghalaya; Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall at isolated places over Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and Heavy Rainfall at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.
Thunderstorm with lightning very likely at isolated places over East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada and Tamilnadu, Puducherry &
Strong Winds (speed 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph) are very likely over Southwest and West central Arabian Sea. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these
30 June (Day 2): ♦ Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall with extremely heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Assam & Meghalaya; Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall at isolated places over Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Heavy Rainfall at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal and Telangana.
Thunderstorm with lightning very likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Telangana and Tamilnadu, Puducherry.
Strong Winds (speed 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph) very likely over Southwest and West central Arabian Sea, North Arabian sea and along and off Gujarat coast. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas.
