The low pressure area which formed over Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved in a westerly direction initially and intensified into a depression over South Chhattisgarh on September 16. During this period it gave fairly widespread rain and thundershowers over Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
On September 17 the system further intensified into a deep depression and gave heavy to very heavy rains over Vidarbha, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. For instance, Buldhana and Washim in Vidarbha received 125 mm and 105 mm of rain, respectively. Durg in Chhattisgarh also observed 33 mm of rain.
The system is now expected to move further west on September 18 and give good rains over Marathwada, North Madhya Maharashtra, North Central Maharashtra and South Gujarat.
By September 19 the rain belt will shift over Gujarat and Rajasthan. Several places in the region are likely to receive moderate to heavy amounts of rain during this period. Chances of extremely heavy rain at one or two places cannot be ruled out.
By the morning of September 20, North Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh will observe fairly widespread rain and thundershower.
Thereafter, the rain belt will shift northwards, gradually weakening and spreading out. Which means the intensity of rain will reduce but the coverage area will increase. During this period most parts of West and Central Uttar Pradesh will receive fairly widespread rain and thundershower.
During the next 2 to 3 days the weather system will cover Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
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