The Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast thunderstorms accompanied by lighꦆtning and gusty winds in parts of Andhra Pradesh for the next five days from May 8 to 12.
It forecast ♏this weather in parts of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP) and Rayalaseema, where winds are expected toꦉ blow between 30 km per hour (kmph) to 50 kmph.
"A cyclonic circulation lies over Ta🦋mi🐭l Nadu and extends up to 1.5 km above mean sea level. Lower tropospheric southerly and south-westerly winds prevail over Andhra Pradesh and Yanam," said a press release from the Meteorological Department.
It observed that a trough and wind discontinuity from east Vidarbha to Tamil Nadu is now running from northeast Rajasthan to south interior Ka🍌rnataka, across middle Maharashtra and north interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea lev🌃el.
Several places witnessed rainfall on Tuesday in the southern state, led 🌊by 29 mm rainfall in 🌊Nandigama, nine mm in Tuni, seven mm in Visakhapatnam and three mm each in Kakinada and Machilipatnam, among others.
Mid-summer showers also cooled Vijayawa𒁃da, Tadepalli and surrounding places on Tuesday while there is no sign of rain in this region on Wednesday yet, though sunny but not as hot as earlier.
