Updated on April 2 at 06:39 PM: Bengaluru has been witnessing pre-Monsoon rains for the last couple of days. In addition to the showers, the city has even recorded some hailstorm activities which are by far a rare phenomenon for the garden city. At present also, thunderstorm and rains are going on.
However, the characteristics of the activity are short-lived and it usually gets over by the mid-night hours, starting again in the morning. As of now, Skymet Weather predicts that the rain activity would continue over the city, however, with a reduced intensity.
Further, by the second half of the week would see the activity picking up the pace again. During this time, the city would even witness an increment in the spread and duration both.
Updated on April 1 at 04:00 PM: Pre Monsoon rain show continues over the city of Bengaluru, even though it is on the lighter side. In the last 24 hours from 8:30 am on Saturday, Bengaluru recorded traces of rainfall.
These rains can be attributed to the trough which has been extending across the Karnataka. As per weathermen at Skymet Weather, these Pre Monsoon rains are expected to continue for some time.
Updated on March 31 at 12:00 pm: Bengaluru has been recording pre-Monsoon rains for the past two days. As predicted by Skymet Weather, Bengaluru witnessed rainfall activity in the last 24 hours. In the last 24 hours from 8:30 am on Friday, Bengaluru city observatory recorded rain to the tune of 3.4 mm.
Meanwhile, during the same time frame, the Airport observatory recorded 4 mm of rainfall. These rains were mainly due to the trough which is extending from Madhya Pradesh to South Coastal Kerala. It is anticipated that light to moderate pre Monsoon rain is likely to continue for the next three to four days. In fact, strong winds will also accompany rains.
Updated on March 30 at 11:00 am: Bengaluru rains have remained in the backseat for quite some time now. In fact, the last time the city recorded some rains were on March 17. During that time, the city had seen rains of varied intensity between March 13 and March 17. Heavy rainfall of 38 mm was also recorded on March 16.
As far as the temperatures are concerned, yesterday, the maximum temperature settled at 34.0 degrees Celsius which is normal while minimum today was recorded at 23.4 degrees which happens to be two notches above the normal levels.
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Currently, a cyclonic circulation is seen over eastern parts of the country and a trough is extending from the system up to Tamil Nadu across Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and South Interior Karnataka.
In view of this, Bengaluru is expected to witness light rainfall activity. In fact, light rains was recorded yesterday with the city seeing rainy traces. These light Pre-Monsoon rain activities are expected to continue for at least five to six days.
These light rains are expected to occur during the late afternoon hours only and will be of short durations, which is a Pre-Monsoon characteristic. Significant spell of rains is expected to occur over the city around April 6 and 7.
Thus, March is expected to end on a rainy note for Bengaluru along with which April will also begin on a similar note.
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