Northwest plains, especially Rajasthan and adjoining areas will continue to receive rain for the next 48 hours due to a cyclonic circulation over northwest Rajasthan. A west-east trough of low has also formed over the northwest plains which is fetching moisture from the Arabian Sea to bring rain in the region.
Several places in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh recorded rain in the past 24 hours. Ajmer, Churu, Jodhpur and Jaipur in Rajasthan, Amritsar, Anandpur Sahib, Bhatinda and Patiala in Punjab, Ambala, Bhiwani, Chandigarh and Gurgaon in Haryana experienced rain during this period.
According to the latest weather update, rain will decrease in Punjab, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh but will continue in Rajasthan and adjoining areas. The national capital region will remain on the fringes of the weather system currently stationed in northeast Rajasthan. Due to persistent rain and clouds, day temperatures in northwest India are below normal by 5 to 7 notches at several places.
An extended weather forecast by Skymet Meteorology Division in India indicates that with a short break on 16th May, the weather in North India will again become rainy and cloudy from 17th May due to approach of a fresh Western Disturbance.
Day temperatures in east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand in East India are above normal. Some of the places in Bihar and West Bengal also experienced heat wave as maximums were above normal by up to 7 degrees. According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, temperatures settling in the lower forties in the region will sustain as westerly winds will continue to prevail for the next two days.
However, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim and almost all the states of Northeast India will continue to get rain due to a trough extending from sub-Himalayan West Bengal to north Odisha across Jharkhand and a cyclonic circulation over Assam.
After being lashed by pre-monsoon rain last week, the weather in South India has turned hot again in the last two days. Day temperatures have risen to their normal at several places in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and with absence of rain, they would remain in the lower forties during the next two days.
In the last 24 hours, Punalur in Kerala and Madurai in Tamil Nadu recorded some rain but the whole region at large will remain mainly dry. Dry and hot winds will continue to keep temperatures high in South India.
