Southwest Monsoon has covered entire Rajasthan and since then, rains have been lashing parts of the state. Good rains varying from light to moderate have occurred over the desert state in the last 24 hours as well. Moreover, good rains are expected to continue occurring over parts of Rajasthan for another 24-48 hours.
Within a span of 24 hours from 08:30 am on Thursday, Pilani witnessed 48 mm of rains, Mount Abu 27 mm, Bhilwara 26 mm, Ajmer 25 mm, and Chittorgarh and Udaipur both recorded 18 mm of rains respectively. However, the capital city Jaipur has to sacrifice with very light spells of 0.8 mm of rains.
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The reason for these rains as per Skymet Weather can be attributed to the low-pressure area which was over the Kutch region. Moreover, the axis of Monsoon trough is passing through Jaisalmer, Guna, and the center of Low Pressure, Pendra, Jharsuguda, and east center of Bay of Bengal.
Click the image above to see the live lightning and thunderstorm across Rajasthan
However, now the low-pressure area is expected to move towards South and West Rajasthan. In the wake of this, heavy to very heavy rains are anticipated to show up continue over parts of the state for the next 2-3 days. Though the intensity of rains will be moderate today, rains are likely increasing from July 22 onwards, continuing until July 24.
Thus, heavy rains are likely over districts such as Udaipur, Kota, Barmer, Nagaur, Jaisalmer, and Jodhpur. Jaipur and Alwar may also see scattered rains. These showers will further enhance the rainfall statistics of the state which as on July 20 stands at a good 58% for West Rajasthan while is marginally below the normal for East Rajasthan at -5%.
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