More rain likely in Northwest India; pre-monsoon showers to continue in south

Last night, the Western Disturbance over North Pakistan and adjoining areas of Jammu & Kashmir moved east-northeastwards and now lies over Jammu & Kashmir. This weather system is working in tandem with a cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan. According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, these weather systems will continue to bring snow in the higher reaches of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and will also bring rain in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh till Sunday. Day temperatures in northwest plains are below the normal and they are unlikely to rise during the next two days under the influence of these systems.

Satellite images show a wind discontinuity that extends from Gangetic West Bengal to Tamil Nadu across some parts of Odisha, South Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka.

Under the aegis of this discontinuity where warm and moist winds are colliding, isolated rain could be experienced over Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand in east India, Chhattisgarh and parts of Odisha in east central India, Vidarbha, Telangana and Madhya Maharashtra in central South Peninsula.

This discontinuity will also give pre-monsoon showers at isolated places in coastal Andhra Pradesh, north and south interior Karnataka. Coastal areas of Karnataka and Kerala will also receive some rain due to a trough extending from Kerala to Karnataka along the West coast. The areas that will remain dry are northern parts of the West coast (Mumbai), Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

Isolated showers are also expected in the hills of West Bengal and Sikkim due to a cyclonic circulation over the foothills of Himalayas in West Bengal. Another cyclonic circulation over Assam will give rain at isolated placed in the Northeast region.