Since the beginning of January many parts of Punjab have been witnessing on and off light rain during the active western disturbance which affected hills and adjoining Punjab around January 5-6. Good rains were witnessed by Punjab last night once again as a cyclonic circulation has developed and we expected light to moderate rains at many district of Punjab in next 24-48 hours.
Whenever an active western disturbance approaches Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh simultaneously an induced cyclonic circulation developed over Punjab which gives good rain over the state.
Due to these rains maximum temperatures of many districts of Punjab will witness significant fall but severe winter chill which was witness since last few days will not be there as the minimums are expected to rise further. This rise in temperature is due to the cloud cover and absence of icy cold winds.
After January 16 weather will clear up and minimum temperatures will once again witness a fall but this time around the fall of temperatures will be marginal above in order of 1-2°C. These rains will in fact benefit the Rabi crops. Due to rainfall and increase in minimums which helped the ground frost to persist in Punjab will now also shed away.
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