IMD predicts heavy rainfall today in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry; thunderstorm likely in Bihar, West Bengal

Representational image. PTI[/caption]The weather office also predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and south Konkan and Goa. In its bulletin, the IMD said heavy rainfall is expected in south Gujarat, Marathawada, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and Meghalaya.Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning is very likely at isolated places over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, it said. Rough to very rough sea conditions (with wind speed reaching 40-50 kilommetres per hour) are expected to prevail over southeast Bay of Bengal and southwest and the west central Arabian Sea.Squally weather is likely to prevail along and off Maharashtra coast. The IMD advised fishermen not to venture into these areas for the next few days.