India Meteorological Department (IMD) department has issued a weather warning of thunderstorm, squall and dust-storm at various places in the country today. According to the advisory, a thunderstorm, accompanied by a squall, is likely at isolated places over West Bengal and Odisha today.
The advisory said, a thunderstorm, accompanied by gusty winds, are very likely at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, coastal Andhra Pradesh, interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep.
It said, a thunderstorm and a dust-storm are very likely in Rajasthan due to a western disturbance over north Pakistan and Afghanistan and a cyclonic circulation over south-east Rajasthan and the western parts of Madhya Pradesh. The advisory further said, heat wave conditions very likely over some parts of West Rajasthan and in one or two pockets of East Rajasthan. Heavy rain is also expected at isolated places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Kerala and Lakshadweep.