Overview
- India’s weather agency, citing fresh alerts Thursday through the weekend, forecasts 39–42°C in Delhi-NCR and heatwave pockets across Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Maharashtra and north interior Karnataka after Wednesday’s 44°C highs at Akola and Kalaburagi.
- A new western disturbance arriving Thursday night is set to bring rain or mountain snow, thunderstorms and gusty winds to Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand through April 19 with isolated hail possible in parts of J&K and Himachal on Friday.
- Northeast India is poised for scattered to widespread thunderstorms and heavy rain from April 16–19, with 30–50 km/h gusts and isolated heavy falls flagged for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya on staggered days.
- On the U.S. East Coast, a strong ridge is driving highs into the low to mid-90s in the Washington region with records likely Wednesday and Thursday before a weekend cold front delivers a sharp cooldown.
- Regional contrasts continue in the U.S., with Colorado’s early-week storm bringing a few inches of mountain snow and red flag fire danger in the southeast as New England rides a sharp temperature split inland versus coast with a risk for late-week severe storms west of Boston.