The Monsoon trough lies along the foothills and the cyclonic circulation over Sub Himalayan West Bengal and adjoining areas persists. A trough can be seen extending from the system up to north Bay of Bengal. Moist south westerly winds are prevailing over Gujarat, west Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab areas.
Thick Monsoon clouds can be seen along the foothills right from Himachal Pradesh to Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Northeast India. Rest of the country will have a very thin layer of Monsoon clouds.
Consequently, Southwest Monsoon remains active over East India. Sub Himalayan West Bengal, and Northeast India will also receive good showers for next 48 hours. As predicted by Skymet, the heavy spell of rain that Bihar has been observing in the last couple of days will start waning now. But the adjoining state of Jharkhand and West Bengal will continue to observe some good rain for a couple of days more.
In last 24 hours, Gaya in Patna received 56 mm of rain and Jamshedpur in Jharkhand received 19 mm of rain.
In West Bengal, Baharampur received 23 mm, Asansol 28.5 mm, Coochbehar 43.2 mm, Krishnagar 34.4 mm, Diamond Harbour 28.4 mm and Kolkata 24 mm of rain.
In Northeast India, Cherrapunji received a whopping 258 mm, Shillong 77 mm, Passighat received 54 mm of rain, Barpeta 36 mm, Goalpara 56 mm and Imphal 26 mm of rain.
Weather in South India
Rain has reduced in intensity along the west coast. As per weather alert issued by Skymet Meteorology Division in India at 11.51 am on Saturday, light to moderate rain and thundershowers likely over east Godavari, Krishna, Machilipatnam and west Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh during next 2 to 6 hours.
As the Monsoon trough has shifted closer to the foothills, good showers likely over Uttarakhand, and foothills of Uttar Pradesh. Delhi, Punjab and Haryana will remain mainly dry with possibility of only passing showers for next 2 days.
Temperatures following a rising trend across North India with maximums around 35 degrees. However, comparatively dry westerly winds will keep morning and evening hours comfortable.
