Weather today: IMD issues heatwave warning in Gujarat, forecasts heavy rainfall in THESE states over next 2 days

Weather today: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange an alert for Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Telangana. The weather department issued a “muti-hazard warning,” predicting thunderstorm, lightning, gusty winds and hailstorm on April 3. At the same time a heatwave warning is in place for Gujarat.

IMD in a post on X stated, “Thunderstorm accompanied with Lightning, Gusty winds(40-50 kmph) and Hailstorm likely over Chhattisgarh, Interior Karnataka and Telangana during afternoon to early night hours of 03rd April 2025.” The Meteorological Department noted the existence of cyclonic circulation over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and southwest Madhya Pradesh.

A combination of this atmospheric condition with moist winds from Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal is forecasted to bring heavy rainfall at isolated places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karnataka until April 5 and in Kerala until April 6.

IMD’s heatwave warning

IMD in its weather bulletin dated April 2 stated, “Heat Wave conditions very likely to continue to prevail at isolated pockets of Saurashtra & Kutch during next 7 days; West Rajasthan during 05th-08th; Gujarat Region during 06th-08th; East Rajasthan on 07th & 08th April.”

The weather department predicted gradual rise in maximum temperatures of around 3 to 5 degrees Celsius over Northwest India during next 7 days.