The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued weather alerts in the following metro cities, as of Friday (26 September) :
• Mumbai and Pune – A yellow alert for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, squalls, and strong surface winds has been issued in the forecast for Mumbai, while Pune remains under a yellow alert for thunderstorms, lightning, squalls, and strong surface winds. No warnings have been issued in the nowcast for Mumbai, while updates for Pune are awaited.
• Delhi, Gurugram, and Noida – No warning has been issued in the forecast or nowcast.
• Bengaluru -A yellow alert for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, squalls, and strong surface wind has been issued in the forecast, while no warning has been issued in the nowcast.
• Hyderabad -A yellow alert for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, squalls, and strong surface wind has been issued in the forecast. A yellow alert for light rainfall with lightning is active till 0700 hours as per nowcast.
• Chennai- No warning has been issued in the forecast or nowcast.
• Kolkata – A yellow alert for thunderstorms, lightning, squalls, and strong surface wind has been issued in the forecast. A yellow alert for light rainfall with lightning is active till 0600 hours as per nowcast.
• Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar: No warning has been issued in the forecast or nowcast.
