New Delhi [India], Amid the scorching heat in the northern plains, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the southwest monsoon will reach the southeast Bay of Bengal on Sunday. "Southwest Monsoon likely to advance into South Andaman Sea." "Parts of Southeast Bay of Bengal and Nicobar Islands around May 19, 2024," the IM said in a post on 'X' on Saturday. The weather department also said that peninsular India will receive heavy rainfall till May 23. "Heavy to very heavy rainfall" with extremely heavy rainfall during May 19-21, 2024 is likely to continue over South Peninsula India till 23rd. "Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are likely to persist over plains of northwest India during the next 5 days and heat wave conditions are likely to persist over east central India during the next 3 days," the IMD said in its forecast on Friday. "Likely to stay." There will be heatwave and severe heatwave conditions over large parts of North India including many parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi between May 17 and 21. The warning comes after Delhi's Najagarh trended as the hottest place with temperatures exceeding 47 degrees Celsius. The leading weather forecasting agency in the country on Friday said that heat wave is likely to continue in parts of Uttar Pradesh from May 17-21; In different areas of Gujra between 17 and 21 May; Bihar from 17-20 May; Jharkhand between 19 and 20 May, North Madhya Pradesh from 18 to 21 May; Gangetic West Bengal between 18 and 20 May and Odisha on 20 and 21 May, while a red alert for severe heatwave was issued for western Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, eastern Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Gujarat. An alert was also issued. Yellow alert for heatwave-like conditions was issued for Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha.