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Bengaluru received the archetypal pre-monsoon showers connected Tuesday arsenic respective areas successful the metropolis received airy rainfall, portion immoderate areas experienced hailstorms for a abbreviated duration.
The airy showers started astir 3.30 p.m., bringing respite to the rising temperatures.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reflection data, the 3 upwind stations — Bengaluru City, HAL Airport, and Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) — received hint rainfall till 5.30 p.m.
Bengaluru City recorded a maximum somesthesia of 32.3°C and a minimum of 21.4°C, portion HAL Airport recorded a maximum and minimum of 32°C and 20.6°C. KIA recorded 33.7°C and 20.4°C respectively.
IMD officials said that Bengaluru volition proceed to person airy rainfall successful the adjacent 2 to 3 days.
“Bengaluru received its archetypal pre-monsoon showers connected Tuesday (March 17). However, different parts of the State person been receiving pre-monsoon showers implicit the past fewer days. Bengaluru volition proceed to person airy rainfall implicit the adjacent 2 3 days. The rainfall volition not beryllium widespread; lone immoderate areas volition person rainfall,” said IMD Scientist C.S. Patil.
Hailstorm for a while
N. Puviarasan, head, Meteorological Centre, Bengaluru, said the metropolis experienced a a hailstorm for a abbreviated duration.
The IMD forecast for the metropolis and the vicinity for the adjacent 36 hours is: “Partly cloudy sky, rainfall and thundershowers precise apt towards evening and night. The maximum and minimum somesthesia are precise apt to beryllium astir 33°C and 21°C respectively.”
Mr. Patil said that determination volition beryllium beardown winds, thundershowers, and lightning on with a fewer incidents of hailstorms crossed the State.
Other parts
According to IMD’s forecast for March 18, coastal Karnataka volition person airy to mean rain/thundershowers astatine 1 oregon 2 places successful Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts. For northbound interior Karnataka, the forecast is airy to mean rain/thundershowers with gusty winds (30-40 kmph) astatine 1 oregon 2 places successful Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Belagavi, Dharwad, Gadag and Haveri districts. “Dry upwind is apt to prevail implicit the remaining districts,” the forecast states.
In southbound interior Karnataka, determination volition beryllium airy to mean rain/thundershowers with gusty upwind (40-50 kmph) astatine a fewer places successful Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Hassan, Kodagu, Davanagere, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru (Rural), Bengaluru (Urban), Tumakuru, Bengaluru South, and Mandya districts.
