Low pressure to reach near north Tamil Nadu, south Andhra Pradesh coasts on Dec 24

The well marked low pressure area over Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west- southwestwards and lay over Southwest and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal off South Andhra Pradesh- North Tamil Nadu coasts, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday.

As per IMD, it is likely to move west-south-westwards and reach southwest Bay of Bengal near north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts on December 24, 2024.

IMD’s Forecast

Light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightening is very likely at a few places with heavy rainfall at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh during 24th-26th and Rayalaseema on 24th and 25th December.

Light to moderate rainfall is very likely at a few places is likely over coastal Odisha with possibility of isolated heavy rainfall on 24th and 25th December.

Light to moderate rainfall is likely at isolated places accompanied with thunderstorm, lightening over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on 23rd and 24th and at a few places on 25th & 26th December.

Forecast of Temperature

Fall in minimum temperatures by about 2°C over Northwest India plains except over Uttar Pradesh and no significant change thereafter on 26th December. 

Likely rise in minimum temperatures by about 2-4°C over Northwest India Plains during 27th -28th December.

Gradual rise in minimum temperatures is likely over Central India & Maharashtra by 2-4℃ during next 5 days.

Cold Wave Warnings

Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions is very likely in some parts of Himachal Pradesh during 23rd-26th, cold wave conditions is very likely in isolated pockets over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad during 24th - 26th; Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh during 23rd-25th December.