New Delhi, Tuesday, August 7, Showers are likely to lash east Gujarat, southeast Rajasthan and west Madhya Pradesh during the next twenty four hours. Shower activities are likely to continue over Delhi as well during the next twenty four to forty eight hours. Light to moderate rainfall is expected over Tamil Nadu.
Rainfall over Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan is likely to increase as the monsoon trough is passing through Bikaner, Jaipur, Gwalior, Balasore to the Bay of Bengal. Monsoon trough is essentially a region of intensified moisture-laden winds.
Also, the cyclonic circulation over east Madhya Pradesh and adjacent areas has moved westward and currently lies over north Madhya Pradesh to lash these areas. Rains are likely to be heavy over east Gujarat, southeast Rajasthan and west Madhya Pradesh during the next twenty four hours.
West Madhya Pradesh is already witnessing heavy to exceptionally heavy rainfall as Hoshangabad and the capital Bhopal received 200 mm and 107 mm of rain respectively during the last twenty four hours. Showers have extended its reach up to east Gujarat as well as southeast Rajasthan and a few places over this region could experience heavy fall in the next twenty four hours.
Rainfall is expected to increase over east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and northeastern states during the next twenty four hours. The rain prospect is looking good in these areas as the eastern end of the monsoon trough is predicted to move northward during this period.
The northward shift of the eastern end of the monsoon trough is set to decrease rainfall activity over Jharkhand, east Madhya Pradesh, north Chhattisgarh and Gangetic West Bengal during this period.
Rains are also likely to subdue over coastal Orissa and Andhra Pradesh as there is no weather system prevailing here right now.
Along the west coast, the seasonal off shore trough is feeble and keeps heavy rain prospect away yet the moisture laden southwesterly winds will give light to moderate showers over coastal Maharashtra, Konkan, Goa and coastal Karnataka.
But these southwesterly winds fall flat in the interiors of the southern Peninsula and left the areas dry. Isolated light showers may happen over these areas. These winds are also keeping Tamil Nadu humid. West Rajasthan would continue to witness dry weather due to the prevalent westerlies.
