Delhi and other areas in northwest plains are witnessing a fresh spell of winter rain. The rain will intensify and many places in the region will receive rain during the next 24 hours. One or two places in the region are expected to be lashed by hailstorm as well.
Delhi has recorded 1.2mm of rain since 8:30am yesterday till 2:30pm today. Amritsar recorded rainfall in excess of 11mm while Hissar in Haryana recorded 3.8mm of rain, Srinagar and Patiala recorded 3.2mm of rain each since 8:30am Sunday till 2:30pm on Monday. and rain is expected to increase and intensify during the next 24 hours.
Rain will increase during the next 24 hours in the region. The amount of rain will depend on the southern limit of the Western Disturbance and if it comes close to Delhi just like it did on January 17th this year when the weather system touched south Delhi, rain will be bountiful again.
The weather in Delhi has turned quite similar to that of 17th of January this year when heavy rain with hailstorm lashed the city and in just 24 hours, January 2013 became the wettest January in last 10 year. A whopping 34mm of rain was recorded in Delhi then as a strong Western Disturbance similar to the one over Jammu & Kashmir right now had affected the weather in northwest India.
A trough of low pressure area running from the Arabian Sea to southwest Rajasthan with a cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan and adjoining areas of Gujarat is providing moisture feed to the northwest region and central India as the winds are southwesterly to southerly over these regions.
Photograph by IrisDragon
