Weather today: IMD issues rain alert for Delhi, Uttar Pradesh; snowfall in Kashmir — Check full forecast

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a rain alert for several states, including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. IMD has forecast snowfall in isolated areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

Atmospheric scientist Professor Manoj Kumar Srivastava described this fresh wet spell as a broader seasonal transition from winter to summer. Srivastava told ANI that the current weather pattern is “a transitional phase between the winter-dominant Western disturbances and the approaching easterly winds of the summer season.”

He added, “Consequently, when these two atmospheric systems interact, conditions such as those we are currently witnessing tend to develop.”

IMD added that a fresh Western disturbance is likely to affect Northwest India from Thursday, 2 April, which may bring cloudy skies and rainfall over the region.

Delhi weather today

The weather agency today issued a yellow alert and forecast very light to light rainfall in Delhi during the afternoon and evening, accompanied by gusty winds on Monday.

The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 31°C and 21°C, respectively.

“The minimum temperature will be above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C), and the maximum temperature will be below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at most places over Delhi,” IMD said in a press release.

The national capital is expected to experience surface wind speeds of 10 kmph in the morning hours, increasing to 15 kmph in the afternoon. The wind speed will gradually increase, dropping below 25 kmph during the evening and night.

Full IMD forecast

• IMD, in its latest bulletin, predicted fairly light to moderate rainfall/snowfall with isolated thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds reaching 30-50 kmph over Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on 30 March and on 2-3 April.
• Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are expected to experience moderate rainfall/snowfall with isolated thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds on 30 March and 3-4 April. The weather conditions are likely to remain the same in Uttarakhand on 31 March.
• Isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds of 30-50 kmph are in the forecast for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan till 31 March.
• The weather agency said the Kashmir valley will receive isolated heavy rainfall/snowfall on 30 March.
• Isolated hailstorm activity is likely over Punjab, East Rajasthan and Uttarakhand on 30 March.

• Isolated heavy rainfall is expected over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya on Monday till 1 April 1, and in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on 30 March.
• The weather department has also forecast light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds over Assam and Meghalaya till 2 April, and over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura till 31 March.
• West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha are also expected to receive light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds, especially on 31 March.
• The IMD has also forecast isolated light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds over Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha till 2 April, and Chhattisgarh during the next five days.