The weather system in the Arabian Sea, a tropical storm namely Nanauk has come as a big relief for the people of northwest plains including Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh. According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the affect of this weather system is big and is reaching up to northwest plains and Delhi.
Dry and hot northwesterly winds are colliding with moist southwesterly from the Arabian Sea in the region due to which there are possibilities of thundershowers at many places in east Rajasthan, adjoining parts of Haryana, northwest Madhya Pradesh and west Uttar Pradesh.
The region has been witnessing one of the hottest spell with record breaking day temperatures. But now with rain and thundershowers likely to prevail for the next 24 to 48 hours, till the weather system in the Arabian Sea moves away, temperatures will remain a little comfortable.Temperatures in the region will again start to rise once the system in the Arabian Sea moves away, from next week onwards.
In East India, east Uttar Pradesh remained one of the hottest areas of the country as affects of southwesterly winds are yet to be felt. Allahabad recorded 47.3°C while Banda registered 47.6°C as the maximum temperature.
Day temperatures in Bihar and Gangetic West Bengal are near or below normal for the last two days. No significant change is expected in these areas where Monsoon will be knocking at the door in a few days from now.
In Central India, day temperatures are above normal in Gwalior, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Raipur but Skymet expects a drop due to rain and partly cloudy to cloudy skies during the next 24 hours. Maximums also dropped in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra with Nagpur recording 42.7°C on Wednesday.
