Downpour over Mumbai and West coast to stay; rain likely to reduce over MP, Gujarat and Rajasthan

August 29, 2012 6:31 PM | Skymet Weather Team

New Delhi, Wednesday,  August 29, The West coast including Mumbai will continue to receive rainfall during the next twenty four to forty eight hours. Rain would also continue over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi & NCR during the next twenty four hours. Showers would decrease over southeast Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Gujarat region in the next twenty four hours.

Showers would be heavy at a few places along the west coast. The seasonal offshore trough is extending from south Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast. The trough is deepening along Konkan, Goa and north Karnataka coast and this will bring moderate showers with heavy at a few places during this period. The southwesterly winds evolving in the Arabian Sea are bringing moisture to this region.

The southwesterly winds are first penetrating the west coast and then entering the land with a tilt. These winds are mixing over the border between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Due to this, rains are expected over north Interior Karnataka and the adjacent areas of Andhra Pradesh during the next twenty four hours.

The coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh are also expected to receive showers as a small cyclonic circulation has formed over the region. Moderate rain with heavy at one or two places is expected during this period over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

However, the rainfall activities would decrease over Vidarbha, Gujarat region, southeast Rajasthan and west Madhya Pradesh during the next twenty four hours. The low pressure area is responsible for pushing out showers from the region.

In the Northwest plains, showers are expected to stay for the next forty eight hours as the cyclonic circulation over the northwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining area has moved upwards a bit and now lies over Haryana and adjoining areas of northwest Uttar Pradesh. This will make showers to continue over Haryana, Delhi & NCR and northwest Uttar Pradesh during this period.

Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will also receive light to moderate shower during the next twenty four hours as the southeasterly winds originating in the Bay of Bengal are reaching up to this region where they are mixing with the dry northerly winds. Showers could be heavy at one or two places over these areas.

The northeastern states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim will also receive light to moderate rainfall during the next twenty four hours. The moist southeasterly winds are reaching up to these areas to hit the eastern Himalayan foothills. Showers could be heavy at one or two places over Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

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