New Delhi, Friday, August 3, Heavy rains are expected over west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, south Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha in the next twenty four hours. Rainfall activities are predicted for all over Uttar Pradesh and adjoining Bihar, Jharkhand, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and north coastal Andhra Pradesh. The northwest region would also receive light to moderate rainfall over north Punjab and Haryana that would cause fall in temperatures in the region during the next one or two days.
Showers would be heavy over west Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand as the monsoon trough is close to the foothills of the Himalayas. Moderate rainfall over Himachal Pradesh is also predicted during the next twenty four hours.
The eastern end of the monsoon trough is passing through Basti, Ballia, Bokaro, and Canning to the Bay of Bengal. This will usher rain over east Uttar Pradesh adjoining Bihar, Jharkhand and east Madhya Pradesh. Moderate rain would continue over these places during the next twenty four hours. Monsoon trough is essentially a region of intensified moisture laden monsoon winds.
A cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal is expected to penetrate into the central India from the east coast. Coastal Orissa and north Andhra Pradesh will be the first beneficiaries of this surge of the cyclonic circulation, thereafter south Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha and some parts of southeast Madhya Pradesh would also receive showers in the next twenty four hours. The cyclonic circulation might reach up to west Madhya Pradesh and east Gujarat during the next forty eight hours. So, these region expect light shower during this period.
Temperatures over the northwest plains are set to drop significantly as rainfall activities are likely to pick up. A Western Disturbance passing over Jammu & Kashmir. A surge in the moisture laden southeasterly wind from the Bay of Bengal and the shifting of the western end of the monsoon trough along the Himalayan foothills would increase rain activities in the next twenty four hours. Light to moderate showers are expected to continue during the period over the region.
Along the west coast, the offshore trough extending from south Gujarat coast to Karnataka coast is weak, Light to moderate rainfall activity would continue along the coast as moisture laden southwesterly winds continue to prevail.
West Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu remain dry as rain fails to reach in these parts of the country.
