New Delhi, Thursday September 13, The rain belt from east Uttar Pradesh to northeastern states remains intact during the next twenty four hours. Rains could be heavy at a few places over the region. An increase in rainfall activities is foreseen over the northwest plains during the next twenty four to forty eight hours. The rains would subdue over Saurashtra and Kutch during the next twenty four hours.
The eastern end of the monsoon trough has moved and now lies somewhat north. The monsoon trough passes through Ganganagar, Delhi, Kanpur, Varanasi, Jamshedpur, Balasore and then southeastwards to the eastcentral Bay of Bengal. A trough is found from east Uttar Pradesh to the Bay of Bengal and the other one passes through east Uttar Pradesh to the northeastern region.
East Uttar Pradesh, north and east Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Sikkim in the east would receive showers. Light to moderate rain is expected to continue over these areas during the next twenty four to forty eight hours. Rains could be heavy at one or two places during this period.
Haryana, Delhi and west Uttar Pradesh in the northwest plains would see thunder storm activities during the next twenty four hours. Rains would increase over these areas after twenty four hours as the western end of the monsoon trough is expected to be active.
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand can expect increased rainfall activities as the western end of the monsoon trough would be moving closer to the Himalayan foothills during the next twenty four to forty eight hours.
In the Southern Peninsula, rains could stay along the coasts but interiors would see subdued rainfall and rise in temperatures during the next twenty four hours. Along the West coast, moderate rain is expected to continue during the next twenty four hours. The seasonal offshore trough from Gujarat to Kerala coast persists and is prominent along the Karnataka coast. Maharashtra, Konkan, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala would receive moderate showers at a few places during this period.
While on the east coast north Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh could receive rain at a few places during the next twenty four hours. A trough is seen along the east coast from Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu. The interiors of Tamil Nadu along with Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra would see subdued rainfall activities with a rising temperature trend.
