New Delhi, Thursday, August 2, Showers are likely to pick up over West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar , east Uttar Pradesh and northeast Madhya Pradesh in the next twenty four hours. Rains would decrease over central India , northwest Madhya Pradesh and southwest Uttar Pradesh in the next twenty four hours.Rains would increase over West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and east Uttar Pradesh as a cyclonic circulation is persisting over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of Gangetic West Bengal.
Due to the shift of the monsoon trough along the foothills of the Himalayas rain belt has also moved northwards. Showers are likely to decrease over central India as the low over northwest Madhya Pradesh adjoining Uttar Pradesh has faded away,
Subdued rainfall and prevalence of westerly over the northwest region would increase temperatures over Delhi , Haryana, and Punjab .
The western end of monsoon trough is close to Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand so rains are likely to continue over these places in the next twenty four hours. The eastern end of monsoon trough passes through Behraich, Ballia, Dumka, Kolkata and then southeastwards to northeast Bay of Bengal .
Along the west coast, the seasonal offshore trough extending from south Gujarat coast to Karnataka coast is weak. Light to moderate rain activity would continue along the west coast in the next twenty four hours.
In the southern Peninsula , temperatures over Tamil Nadu are likely to remain high as rain activity is not visible.
