The feeble Western Disturbance that was affecting hilly region of western Himalayas has given scattered light rain over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in last 24 hours. While Pahalgam in Jammu Kashmir received 5.4 mm, Dharamsala in HP received 6.2 mm and Mukteshwar in Uttarakhand received 21 mm of rain in last 24 hours.
The scattered light rain will continue for another 24 hours in the region after which WD will move eastwards giving way to dry weather for next couple of days.
Updated on September 3, 2015: Monsoon rain over hills of North India in coming days
In the last 24 hours, Bilaspur recorded 19 mm of rain, Dharamsala 4.4 mm, Batote 9 mm, Katra 52 mm, Srinagar 0.2 mm, Dehradun 26 mm, Haridwar 11 mm, and Mukteshwar received 4 mm rainfall.
Now the WD is moving away, towards the east, but scattered rain is likely to continue over the hilly states in the north for another 24 to 36 hours. Moreover, a fresh WD is currently hovering above West Central Pakistan and will start affecting parts of India after 2 days.
The intensity of WDs over India is more between the months of October and February. But gradually, after February, WDs start traveling in upper latitudes. Even then, WDs continue to affect North India as an induced cyclonic circulation, giving scattered to fairly widespread rainfall over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, and even North Rajasthan.
This year, good rains were observed in North India in June. These rains were mainly a product of multiple WDs and induced cyclonic circulation over the plains of North India. Due to these two systems, June this year was the rainiest for the plains as well as the hilly states of North India.
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