A Western Disturbance that lies over north Pakistan and adjoining areas could arrive over Jammu & Kashmir anytime during the next 24 hours. Also a cyclonic circulation lies over north Rajasthan. The weather in Delhi would be affected by this weather system for another 24 hours during which sky will be partly cloudy and there could be rain, mostly light at a few places. Temperatures in Delhi would be below normal during the next 24 hours.
Hills in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will have more rain and cloudy sky during the next two days. Winds would blow over these areas from northeast and east and temperatures would remain below normal. Rain will also occur at a few places over north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Rain will continue in east-central India over east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. A Cyclonic circulation is persisting over south Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha areas. Rain will last for another 24 hours in these places.
In northeast, a trough (a region of intensified moist winds) of low pressure area lies from sub-Himalayan West Bengal to Gangetic West Bengal that is fetching moisture from the Bay of Bengal. The weather system would bring rain over from sub-Himalayan West Bengal to Gangetic West Bengal as well as over Sikkim. Rain at one or two places would also continue over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
Rain is expected to continue in extreme southern parts over Tamil Nadu and Kerala coast during the next 24 hours. During the next two to three days, one or two places in north, northwest, central, east and northeast India could have thunderstorm/thunder-squalls as well.
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