Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places over Saurashtra, Kutch on 18th May: IMD

Gandhinagar: According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD):

15 May (Day 2): ♦ Thunderstorm with lightning & gusty wind (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Jharkhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Gujarat state, Konkan & Goa, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Lakshadweep; with lightningat isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Konkan & Goa.

16 May : ♦ Thunderstorm with lightning & gusty wind (speed reaching 30-40) likely at isolated places over Gujarat state, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Rayalaseema, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Lakshadweep; with lightning at isolated places over Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh

♦ 17 May :♦ Thunderstorm with lightning & gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) likely at isolated places over Gujarat Region, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Coastal & North Interior Karnataka, Kerala & Mahe and Lakshadweep; with lightningat isolated places over Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, South Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.

• Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at a few places over Konkan & Goa; Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra (ghat areas), Coastal Karnataka and Kerala & Mahe and Heavy Rainfall at isolated places over Saurashtra & Kutch, South Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.
• Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph likely over northeast Arabian sea and along & off south Gujarat & Daman and Diu coast. Sea condition over very likely to be very rough to High over northeast Arabian sea & off Gujarat coast.

18 May (Day 5): ♦ Thunderstorm with lightning & gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) likely at isolated places over Gujarat Region, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Coastal & North Interior Karnataka, Kerala & Mahe and Lakshadweep; with lightningat isolated places over Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, South Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.

• Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at a few places over Konkan & Goa, Saurashtra & Kutch and Kerala & Mahe; Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra (ghat areas) and Coastal Karnataka and Heavy Rainfall at isolated places over South Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.
• Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph likely over northeast Arabian sea and along & off south Gujarat & Daman and Diu coast. Sea condition over very likely to be very rough to High over northeast Arabian sea & off Gujarat coast.