Western disturbance to bring rain on Sunday, Bay system to intensify. Read forecast

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast rain, thunderstorms and fog in parts of the country on Sunday, November 15, as a developing weather system over the Bay of…

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast rain, thunderstorms and fog in parts of the country on Sunday, November 15, as a developing weather system over the Bay of Bengal and a western disturbance influence conditions across different regions.

The most significant development is a well-marked low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal. A commuter moves amid winter haze. (Photo: PTI)

The system is expected to strengthen into a depression within the next 24 hours and could intensify further into a cyclonic storm over the central parts of the south and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal around the evening of November 16.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are likely to receive heavy rainfall at isolated places on November 15, with thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 40-50 kmph also expected in isolated areas.

The system is likely to move northwestwards, with its circulation extending across the southeast Bay of Bengal. A satellite image shows the weather system brewing in the Bay of Bengal. (Photo: IMD)

Its expected intensification will remain an important weather development over the next few days.

Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon-related rainfall activity is likely to continue over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala, with isolated to scattered showers forecast in these regions.

A western disturbance, a weather system that travels eastwards from the west and can bring rain or snowfall to the region, is expected to influence northwest India. A woman browses through traditional earthen fire pots as temperatures drop in the North. (Photo: PTI)

The IMD has forecast isolated rainfall over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh may also receive isolated showers, while east Rajasthan is likely to see rainfall on Sunday.

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