Weather Today in India, Monsoon Rains: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) - the country's weather forecasting agency - issued 'orange' warnings for several regions in states including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, a day after predicting the likelihood of "active monsoon conditions" in most northwestern regions of the country over the next 4-5 days. In separate posts on microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), the weather office shared 24-hour readings of rains lashing several states including Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Kerala, with precipitation of 140 mm and above.
Here's a summary of key updates and forecasts from the weather office:
1/18On Monday, the IMD issued an 'orange' warning for Gujarat, with different parts of the state estimated to receive between 115.6 mm and 204.4 mm of rain, classified as 'heavy rainfall' by the department.
2/18On Sunday, the IMD forecasted active monsoon conditions in most northwestern regions of the country over the next 4-5 days, predicting increased rainfall with isolated heavy downpours in eastern areas starting July 30.
3/18While Suvasara and Shamgarh in Mandsaur district received rainfall of at least 200 mm, rains of at least 120 mm were recorded in regions like Barod and Agar in Agar-Malwa district in Madhya Pradesh in the 24-hour period till 8 :30 am on Sunday, July 28, according to the IMD.
4/18In Rajasthan, rainfall of 100-130 mm was recorded in Kotri, Bijoliya and Kotri in Bhilwara district, and Bhinay n Ajmer district over 24 hours till Sunday morning, according to the IMD.
5/18In Chhattisgarh, rainfall of at least 100 mm was recorded in Keshkal, Baderajpur, Dhanora and Pharasgaon in Kondagaon district, and in Antagarh, Pakhanjur, Bhanupratappur, Durgkongal and Charama in Kanker district.
6/18In Punjab, Phangota, Ranjit Sagar and Shahpur Kandi in Pathankot district received rainfall to the tune of 110-140 mm, according to the weather office.
7/18Rainfall to the tune of 200 mm was recorded in Haripur of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand till 8:30 am on Saturday, July 27, according to the IMD.
8/18Among other updates on Saturday morning, at least 100 mm of precipitation was recorded in Mada in Singroupi district, Jaisinagar in Sagar district, Mada in Singrouli district, and Bareli and Badi in Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh, according to the IMD.
9/18Velhe and Radhanagari in Pune and Kohlapur districts respectively received precipitation of 100-110 mm.
10/18Rains of 120-170 mm were recorded in Shahuwadi and Chandgad in Kohlapur district and Mahabaleshwar in Satara district in Maharashtra, according to the IMD.
11/18Rainfall of 110 mm was recorded each in Napoklu and Bhagamandala in Kodagu district, and Tarikere in Chikkamangaluru district in Karnataka, according to the weather agency.
12/18Several areas in Chikkamangaluru district in the state received precipitation of 100 mm, including Kalasa, Koppa, and Jayapura, according to the IMD.
13/18Vythiri in Wayanad district in Kerala received rains to the tune of 100 mm, according to the agency.
14/18Several parts in Castle Rock, Gersoppa and Hallyal in Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka received rains of 110 mm and above.
15/18At least 140 mm of rains were recorded in several parts of Karnataka, including Sringeri and Mudigere in Chikkamangaluru, and Kodagu in Somwarpet district in the state.
16/18Avalanche and Upper Bhawani areas in Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu received rainfall of 180 mm and 90 mm respectively, according to the IMD.
17/18Nandapur and Jeypore in Koraput district in Odisha received rainfall to the tune of 130-140 mm.
18/18The weather office has issued an 'orange warning' for Uttarakhand, predicting 'very heavy' rainfall (115.6-204.4 mm) in several parts of the state till Monday, July 29.