- Orange alert issued
Bhopal, – The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for several districts in Madhya Pradesh, forecasting heavy rainfall on Thursday. A cyclonic circulation is active, and the wet spell is expected to continue until July 11.
According to a Navbharat reporter, districts including Anuppur, Shahdol, Umaria, Dindori, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat, and Pandhurna are braced for significant downpours. These areas could also experience winds gusting up to 40 km per hour.
Widespread showers across the state
In addition to the orange alert districts, Raisen, Vidisha, Rewa, Satna, Guna, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Narmadapuram, Ashoknagar, Sheopur Kalan, and Datia are also likely to witness thunderstorms accompanied by rain. The IMD had previously indicated that torrential rains are probable across the state until July 11.
Meteorological conditions explained
The IMD attributes these widespread rains to several prevailing meteorological systems:
* The monsoon trough at mean sea level extends from Amritsar, Chandigarh, Najibabad, Shahjahanpur, Kanpur, Daltonganj, and the low-pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand, southeastwards to the northeast Bay of Bengal.
* A trough extends from the northeast Arabian Sea to the south Gujarat region, north Madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha, south Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and further to the cyclonic circulation associated with the low-pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining areas, between 4.5 and 7.6 km above mean sea level.
* Another trough runs from West Assam to the cyclonic circulation associated with the low-pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand, interior Odisha, and south Chhattisgarh, up to Telangana, at 3.1 km above mean sea level.
