The southwest monsoon is set to enter India via Kerala around June 4, marking the beginning of the country's rainy season. Weather activity is intensifying across western India, with Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, and Konkan-Goa expected to witness thunderstorms, squalls, and scattered rainfall.
Delhi and neighboring northwestern states are likely to see scattered rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and winds reaching 40-50 kmph between June 2 and 6. The IMD has also warned of thundersqualls with wind speeds touching 50-60 kmph, gusting up to 70 kmph, over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi on June 3 and 4.
Similar thunderstorm conditions have been forecast across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, with isolated hailstorms likely over Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan on June 3 and 4. Dust storm activity is also expected at isolated places in west Rajasthan on June 3.
In western India, isolated to scattered rainfall with thunderstorms and gusty winds is likely over Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, and Gujarat from June 2 to June 6. Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra may witness thundersqualls with wind speeds of up to 70 kmph, while isolated hailstorm activity was also forecast over Madhya Maharashtra.
Southern states are expected to remain among the wettest regions this week, according to the IMD forecast. Kerala is likely to receive isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall between June 2 and 8, while Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Lakshadweep are also expected to witness heavy showers.
The IMD said widespread light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning is also likely across northeast India over the next five days. Heavy rainfall has been forecast over Arunachal Pradesh till June 8 and over Assam and Meghalaya between June 5 and 8.
