Intense heat throughout April and beginning of May finally gave way to pre-Monsoon showers across the country. For the last two days, rainfall has been widespread with varying intensity. Pre-Monsoon activity across the country consisted of dust storm, thunderstorm, high-velocity winds and good amounts of rain.
This spell of rain also led to the abatement of heatwave conditions from all parts of India. Now, we only have heatwave like conditions in few parts of the country.
Rain in North India
Multiple weather systems could be attributed to this extended period of rain. In North India, there is a Western Disturbance and an induced cyclonic circulation.
During last 24 hours, intense pre-Monsoon activity was witnessed over Rajasthan and West Uttar Pradesh. Bareilly recorded 47 mm of rain and Churu 28 mm. Light rains were observed over Punjab, Haryana and Delhi-NCR.
The hills of North India witnessed widespread rain and snow. Kupwara and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir received 14 mm and 7 mm of rainfall, respectively. Bilaspur and Kullu in Himachal Pradesh received 23 mm and 8.2 mm, respectively. In Uttarakhand, Dehradun recorded 14 mm, Nainital 9.4 mm and Mukteshwar 9.2 mm of rain.
Rain in East and Northeast India
There is an active cyclonic circulation lying over East Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, while another circulation is marked over Assam and Meghalaya. The system in East India brought 22. 8 mm of rain in Burdwan in West Bengal.
Any weather system in North India reduces the rainfall activity in Northeast India. Therefore, during the last two days only lower parts of Assam and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal received some rains with Dhubri recording 31 mm. Rest of the places in the region remained practically dry.
Rain in Central and Peninsular India
In this part of the country, there are two semi-permanent features. First, there is a trough running off the East Coast, across Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Secondly, the wind discontinuity running from Vidarbha to Comorin region across Karnataka and interiors of Tamil Nadu is also bringing on and off pre-Monsoon showers in the region.
Hyderabad has been receiving rains for the last 5 days. On Wednesday, the city received 7 mm of rain. Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh recorded 15 mm. Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala received 10 mm.
Pre-Monsoon Forecast
Rainfall will now follow a reducing trend in most parts except for Peninsular India. Pre-Monsoon activity will increase in Northeast as well during next few days. North India will witness a break from rainfall activity for next two days before receiving another spell of rain.
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