The state of Karnataka has remained arid weather conditions throughout February. In fact, the state has remained dry for more than a month now and might have remained dry if some rains would not have occurred over the region. However, the last 48 hours proved to be fortunate for the state, as most parts have recorded a good amount of rains.
Clouding had engulfed most parts of the state by Thursday evening only, with rains following in no time. The intensity of these rains also varied from light to moderate with isolated heavy at few places. The major activity was mainly confined to the interior districts as compared to the coastal stations.
In the span of 24 hours, from 08:30 Koppal recorded a whopping 47 mm of rains, followed by Hassan with 46.4 mm of showers. Chitradurga recorded 38.5 mm of rains, Madikeri 24 mm, Mandya 20 mm, and Davangere recorded 15 mm of rains.
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The capital city Bengaluru also witnessed 6 mm of light spells followed by Karwar and Bellary with 2 mm of rains each.
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As per Skymet Weather, the reason for these rains can be associated with the north-south trough that continues to persist from Telangana to North Tamil Nadu across South Interior Karnataka. Apart from this, an anti-cyclone is also seen over Bay of Bengal, which has been infusing moisture over the region.
Besides this, the low-pressure area which is persisting over Southeast Arabian Sea is also influencing the weather in form of wind intrusion.
All these factors created favorable conditions for the rains to show up across the state. Moreover, these rains are likely to continue over parts of Karnataka for today.
Thereafter, rains would gradually start reducing over the northern parts of the state. However, South Interior Karnataka and Coastal Karnataka would continue to get light to moderate rains until March 17. By March 18, the weather would start clearing up from most of the regions
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