IMD’s winter forecast will be released by the end of November. Winter forecast and cold wave alertsIMD will issue the winter forecast and cold wave alert for December, January and February. Summer heat wave forecastIMD has started issuing the summer heat wave forecast from April. Winter rainfall forecastIMD has been providing winter precipitation forecast for north India, mainly for the states of Uttaranchal, East Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir. Winter rainfall basically occurs due to the Western Disturbances.

Source: Mint September 05, 2016 05:03 UTC