NEW DELHI: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for ongoing rainfall spell with moderate thunderstorms, gusty winds and hail over various regions in the country, including Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan on April 14.
“Ongoing rainfall spell with moderate thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds & hail over Northwest India likely to continue during next 48 hours and abate thereafter”, IMD said in a post on X.

IMD has also predicted isolated hailstorms in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi along with West UP and Rajasthan on April 14 and in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on April 14 and 15.
Likewise, the weather department has said that there is a possibility of isolated hailstorms in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on April 16.

Further, the department cautioned against heat wave in Odisha and coastal Andhra Pradesh during April 15 and 18. Likewise, similar conditions have been predicted in isolated pockets of Gangetic West Bengal during April 16 and 18.
According to the IMD, an intense western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation is currently situated over northeast Iran, with an embedded trough in middle & upper tropospheric westerlies roughly along longitude 55°E to the north of latitude 26°N, and an induced low pressure area over southwest Rajasthan.
The IMD also mentioned that a fresh Western disturbance is likely to impact Northwest India on April 18.