The Western Disturbance is moving away in the north east direction. The withdrawal line of monsoon continues to pass through Ganganagar, Bikaner and Barmer. The cyclonic circulation over west central Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood areas extending up to 2.1 km above the mean sea level still persists. "Intensity of rain will decrease over southern peninsula as well as north eastern states," says Mahesh Palawat, Head of the Meteorological team at Skymet Weather.
Forecasts show that plains of north India will remain mainly dry and the mercury will continue to be marginally above normal in most parts. Isolated thundershowers will bring down temperatures over north Punjab, northwest Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Temperatures are expected to be above normal by a couple of notches in rest of Punjab and Haryana. Thundery activities are possible over some areas of Delhi as well.
In east India, isolated light rain may affect parts of Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand, yet temperatures will remain above normal. Whereas, Bihar will remain dry and maintain above normal temperatures. Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh will get patchy rains. Temperatures will remain marginally above normal in rest of north eastern states.
Entire central region will remain warm and mostly dry with light showers over south Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha. Maharashtra is expected to receive light rain in few pockets. Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat will remain above normal by two to three degrees, due to absence of rain.
In the southern peninsula, Konkan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala will get rain at many places but the intensity will decrease significantly. However, temperatures will remain marginally high over these areas. Light showers will bring down the mercury below normal by 2 to 4 degrees in Tamil Nadu.
