The Western Disturbance as an upper air cyclonic circulation over Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining areas will move east-northeastwards during the next 24 hours. The system brought light rain and thundershowers over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Tourists visiting Shimla and Manali found themselves intoxicated with the enigmatic aura of the nature after these hill stations received light rain of 8.3 mm and 3 mm, respectively. The remnants of the system will continue to bring light rain and thundershowers for the next two days.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, a cyclonic circulation in the northwest plains has been causing thunderstorms or dust storms. In Rajasthan, Bikaner and Churu received 1.8 mm and 2.6 mm of rain respectively.
The Safdarjung Observatory in Delhi recorded 15.3 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. As predicted by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, this will help keep a tab on the temperatures, which dropped to 38.2°C on Monday from 39.7°C on Sunday. The sky is still partly cloudy and will not let the temperatures to shoot up immediately.
Coming down towards Central India, the wind discontinuity line from west Madhya Pradesh, across Marathawada, interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu continues to bring light isolated rain in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
The cyclonic circulation over Comorin area in the Indian Ocean has brought heavy pre-monsoon showers in south Tamil Nadu and Kerala. According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, in the span of 24 hours from 8.30 am on Monday Karaikal and Thiruvananthapuram received 53.3 mm and 31.3 mm of rain, respectively.
According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the weather system could move further northward to cover more parts of South India including south interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu.
