The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a weather update for August 7, forecasting heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in various parts of India. Here are the key highlights:
Very Heavy to Extremely Heavy Rainfall: The IMD has predicted that today, some areas in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura could experience very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall.
Heavy Rainfall: Heavy rain is expected at isolated places in Jammu division, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, East Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, and Telangana.
Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning are likely at isolated places in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
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The monsoon trough at mean sea level now extends from Ganganagar, Hisar, Agra, Daltonganj, Jamshedpur, and Digha, and then southeastwards to the northeast Bay of Bengal.
A cyclonic circulation persists over central Pakistan and its neighboring areas, extending up to 5.8 km above mean sea level.