The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued orange alert in parts of Maharsthra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, West Bengal and Odisha for today. The IMD has forecast moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds over various parts of the nation. In North East India, these conditions will prevail during the next six days with gusty winds of upto 50 kilometers per hour speed. In East India, these conditions will be present over Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar till tomorrow. In West and South India, the same weather conditions will continue over Andhra Pradesh today, over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Telangana tomorrow, and over Maharasthra and Kerala till the 12th of this month. In North India, light rainfall and snowfall will be present over Uttarakhand during the next 6 days. The IMD has also predicted hailstorm over Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh today.

Meanwhile, the IMD has predicted heatwave conditions across parts of east and peninsular India today and tomorrow. Heatwave will prevail over parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana today. The IMD added that hot and humid weather will continue over Karnataka and Goa today, and over Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and Kerala till the 10th of this month.

The weather agency has predicted gradual fall in maximum temperatures by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius over parts of Northwest India during next 3-4 days. No significant change in maximum temperatures very likely over rest parts of the country.