Well marked low pressure to weaken; IMD predicts heavy rainfall over coastal Andhra Pradesh

Yesterday’s well marked low pressure area over Southwest and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal off South Andhra Pradesh- North Tamil Nadu coasts persisted over the same region, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday.

As per IMD, it is likely to continue to move northwestwards and weaken gradually into a low pressure area over Westcentral & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal off South Andhra Pradesh-North Tamil Nadu coasts during the next 24 hours.

Under the influence of these systems, light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning is very likely at a few places with heavy rainfall at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh on December 25 and December 26 and Odisha on December 25, 2024.

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The IMD also predicted light to moderate rainfall at isolated places accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on 25th and 26th December.

Meanwhile, a fresh Western disturbance is seen as a trough in lower and middle tropospheric westerlies and it is very likely to interact with lower levels easterly winds over central parts of the country leading to high moisture feeding from the Arabian Sea as well as the Bay of Bengal mainly during December 27 and December 28.

Under the influence of these system, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/snowfall is likely over Western Himalayan region on 27th & 28th December.

Thunderstorm accompanied by hailstorms are also likely over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Gujarat on December 27 and West Madhya Pradesh on December 27 and December 28.