Heavy rains likely to continue over H.P, Uttarakhand; showers to stay over central India

August 20, 2012 4:44 PM | Skymet Weather Team

New Delhi, Monday, August 20, Rain with heavy shower at one or two places is expected to continue over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir in the next twenty four hours. The showers would also be continuing over central, east and northeast India in the next twenty four to forty eight hours.

Showers over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir are active as the western end of the monsoon trough is close to the western Himalayan region. It is likely to remain in the foothills of the Himalayas during next forty eight hours. Rainfall activities would also happen over the northwest plains where fairly widespread rain is predicted at many places over Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Heavy rain could also happen at these places including Delhi during next forty eight hours.

The monsoon trough is passing through Ganganagar, Narnaul, Shivpuri , Center of  low Pressure area, Pendra, Jharsuguda, Balasore and thence southeastwards to eastcentral Bay of Bengal. Monsoon trough is essentially a region of intensified monsoon winds.

Another trough is extending from Chhattisgarh to east Arunachal Pradesh across Jharkhand and Assam. This would translate into showers at a few places over Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, sub- Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunchal Pradesh as the southeasterly winds would be feeding moisture to this trough.

The low pressure area responsible for heavy rains in eastern part of the country over Chhattisgarh, east Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha has moved to north Madhya Pradesh. Rains would continue over these places during the next twenty four to forty eight hours.

The westward movement of this low pressure area could also lead to heavy rains at many places over west Rajasthan and east Rajasthan.

Along the west coast, the offshore season trough is feeble and extending from Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast. Light to moderate rain is expected to continue over these places in the next twenty four hours.

In the southern Peninsula, rains continue to evade the region as the southwesterly winds reaching here are devoid of moisture but they are enough to increase humidity.

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