e India Meteorological Department on Thursday predicted isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall for the northern part of the state for today. As hilly areas witnessed landslides and mudslides in Idukki and Pathanamthitta districts, intense waterlogging affected the normal life of people in several places, cutting across villages and towns. Continuous rains flooded several low-lying areas of Thiruvananthapuram, disrupting normal life and creating traffic snarls.
A fresh Western Disturbance will approach northwest India as an upper level trough extending upto Eastcentral Arabian Sea off Gujarat-Maharashtra-Goa coasts on 25th & 26th November. As a result, the above trough in in mid-latitude westerlies in middle & upper tropospheric levels will interact with lower level trough in easterlies. Due to this interaction: 1) Light to moderate rainfall at many places accompanied with isolated thunderstorm & lightning is likely over Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan & Goa, Marathwada, Madhya Pradesh during 24 -27; over Gujarat State on 25th & 26th November with maximum activity on 26 November, 2023.
Thunderstorm & lightning accompanied with Hail at isolated places over south Rajasthan, southwest Madhya Pradesh, north Madhya Maharashtra and north Marathwada on 26 November. Isolated heavy rainfall likely over southwest Madhya Pradesh, north Madhya Maharashtra & Gujarat Region on 26 November, 2023. Light rainfall at isolated places also likely over Western Himalayan Region and plains of Northwest India during 26- 28 November.
Thunderstorm & lightning accompanied with hail at isolated places over Uttarakhand on 27 November. A cyclonic circulation is likely to emerge over South Andaman Sea & neighbourhood around 25 November. Under its influence,
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