Weather Forecast Jan 19: Light rains over Kashmir, Himachal; rest parts of the country to remain dry

January 18, 2019 8:04 PM | Skymet Weather Team


The fresh Western Disturbance up in the Himalayas is all set to give scattered light to moderate rain and snow over the hills of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, while the upper reaches of Uttarakhand might witness isolated rains only.

Meanwhile its induced Cyclonic Circulation over Central Pakistan but weather over northwestern plains would be dry. However, change in wind pattern to southwesterly winds will lead to rise in the minimums by one to two degrees over Punjab, Haryana, national territory Delhi and Rajasthan.

In Central India, an Anti-Cyclone is seen over West Madhya Pradesh, thus dry weather conditions will continue over the region. Minimums of South Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra might rise marginally, but nights would continue to be cold with minimums in the range of 7°C to 11°C. Whereas, the minimums of Gujarat will be in the range of 12°C to 15°C with cool and comfortable weather during morning hours.

In East/Northeast India, a Cyclonic Circulation is over Bangladesh and its adjoining areas inducing moist easterly winds over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. Due to this, minimums might rise and would be in the range of 7°C to 12°C.

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Meanwhile, East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha would witness dry weather conditions. Moderate fog is possible over parts of East Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Since there is no weather system down South, thus dry weather would prevail in the region. Both, day and night temperatures are expected to remain stable. Coastal Karnataka and Kerala would witness warm and sunny days in the range of 33°C to 37°C.

The southern part of Andaman and Nicobar Islands might receive scattered rains.

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