Weather today: IMD predicts rain with thunderstorm in THESE states; above normal temperatures in South Indian states
Live MintWeather update today: The India Meteorological Department's has predicted rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm and lightning over East and Central India today i.e. IMD rainfall/hailstorm prediction -As per the weather office, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds has been predicted over Gangetic West Bengal during 16-20 March. -IMD has also predicted isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds over Jharkhand, Odisha, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and East Madhya Pradesh during 16-20 March. -In the North East India, IMD has predicted isolated to scattered light rainfall over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura till 21 March. IMD snowfall prediction The weather department has said that a fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect Western Himalayan Region from the night of 20 March due to which, isolated light rainfall or snowfall is likely over Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, GilgitBaltistan, Muzaffarabad on 20 and 21 March and over Himachal Pradesh on 21st March.