Western Disturbance aligned with induced cyclonic circulation has given widespread rain over plains of North India during the last three days. The rainy spell covered several parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
However, heavy rain was confined to central Uttar Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh, and east Rajasthan.
In a span of last 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Sunday Amritsar in Punjab recorded 21.6 mm of rain, Jalandhar 21 mm, Kapurthala 35 mm, Ludhiana 12.9 mm and Patiala 3.4 mm. In Rajasthan, Kota received 17 mm of rain, Bondi 15 mm, Churu 13.3 mm and Jaipur 0.2 mm.
In Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur recorded 83 mm of rain, Lucknow 28.4 mm, Agra 20 mm, Allahabad 8.6 mm, Bahraich 10.6 mm and Banda 18 mm. Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh observed 29 mm of rain, Guna 10.6 mm, Jabalpur 13 mm, Betul 2.4 mm and Bhopal 2.2 mm.
According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, both the systems continue to move eastwards and cover more parts of east Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal during next 24 hours.
As the system starts shifting, most parts of the plains will now start witnessing clear weather conditions for next three to four days, before another Western Disturbance affects North India.
In wake of the continuous weather activity, maximum temperatures have dropped significantly across the plains. On Sunday, Delhi recorded maximum of 19.6°C, which was nine degrees below normal. Narnaul in Haryana observed day temperature settle at 20°C, 10 degrees below normal, Hisar 23.5°C, seven degrees below normal, Karnal 21°C, six degrees below normal and Ambala 23.3°C, five degrees below normal.
In Punjab, Chandigarh recorded 22.8°C, four degrees below normal, Patiala 23.5°C, three degrees below normal and Amritsar 23.2°C, three degrees below normal.
According to Skymet, maximum temperatures will continue to sustain for next 24 hours, thereafter returning to normal as the systems move away. But winds will be cold due to snowfall in the hills and north-westerlies blowing over the region. As a result minimum temperatures will take a dip.