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Rain to continue in northwest; showers to increase over central Peninsula

August 8, 2013 8:06 PM |

Rain will continue to occur in northwest plains and hills during the next two days. The presence of axis of monsoon trough in the area is the reason for rain here. Moisture in the region is being fed by easterly to southeasterly winds from the Bay of Bengal while the southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea are also reaching in some parts of Punjab.

The axis of monsoon trough passes through Ferozepur, Meerut, Lucknow, and centre of low pressure area (Patna),  Bankura, Haldia and east central Bay of Bengal.

East Punjab, Haryana, north Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh will continue to receive rain due to this weather system including the national capital Delhi. Many places here will get moderate rain with heavy at isolated places. Below normal temperatures would continue to be witnessed in the region

Rain is expected to increase over south Madhya Pradesh, west Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Telangana and Marathwada in next 36 hours. Many places in the region will receive moderate rain while isolated places could get heavy showers. Owing to the rain, temperature may fall by 2 degrees in these places.

In east Uttar Pradesh,Bihar, Jharkhand, rain will be light to moderate. North Bihar, sub-Himalayan west Bengal and Sikkim could get heavy rain at isolated places during the next two days. A cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand is attracting moisture from the  Bay of Bengal. In the northeast, east Assam is expected to get heavy rain at one or two places while rest of the areas in the region will receive light to moderate rain during the period.

Along the West coast, there is possibility of increase in rain over Mumbai. The city may receive  moderate rain tomorrow onwards for next 24 hours. Kerala and Karnataka coast will receive light to moderate rain while north Konkan & Goa will also experience increase in rain during the next two days.

Interior parts of south Peninsula will not see any significant increase in rain and light rain could be witnessed in some parts. Tamil Nadu and Rayalaseema will get subdued rain.






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