“Our weather models suggest, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and parts of west Rajasthan may have below normal rainfall in the month of July. The weather in northwest India is therefore expected to be mainly dry for this entire month”, informs Mahesh Palawat, Head forecaster at Skymet Weather.
This dry weather will be in stark contrast to the rainy weather in central India which has been continuing in this part of the country for the last few days. Figures of rain in Bhopal show that the city received 401mm of rain, the highest ever in the last 74hrs. Heavy to moderate rain is expected to continue in Bhopal, entire Madhya Pradesh and the state of Gujarat from Thursday onwards.
“A low pressure system formed in north Bay of Bengal, moved inland and started moving westwards towards central India. Right now the system is at Chhattisgarh and may reach Madhya Pradesh very soon. Humid southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea will therefore mix up with the trough of low and bring rain of up to 100mm in Indore, Ratnam and Dhar and up to 50mm in Bhopal, Surat, Godhra and Ahmedabad”, adds Palawat.
Other than these regions, Mumbai and the entire west coast of peninsular India will witness moderate showers while light rain will continue in flood ravaged Uttarakhand for another two to three days. Northeast India and the interiors of south India will get light rain of up to 10mm.
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