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According to IMD, fairly widespread to moderate rainfall is expected over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh during January 7-January 9 and decrease significantly thereafter.
With the presence of a Western Disturbance and an induced Cyclonic Circulation over the plains of North India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted widespread rainfall over the northwest and Central parts of India including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh till January 9.
“Fairly widespread to moderate rainfall is expected over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh during January 7-January 9 and decrease significantly thereafter. Scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall is likely over Madhya Pradesh during January 7-January 11 and Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh during January 9 to January 11,” the IMD said in its latest bulletin.
The IMD said that the “cyclonic circulation that lies over southwest Rajasthan and adjoining south Pakistan at lower tropospheric levels and the high moisture feeding from Arabian Sea over northwest and adjoining central India in lower and middle tropospheric levels will be the reason behind the rainfall. Due to this, the rains in these regions would continue for the next 2-3 days.
“There is high moisture feeding from Arabian Sea over northwest & adjoining central India in lower & middle tropospheric levels and is very likely to continue during next 2-3 days. The confluence of winds from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal at lower tropospheric levels is very likely over central India during next 4-5 days,” the weather body said.
Delhi
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted cloudy skies and light rainfall in New Delhi on Friday. The IMD has also forecasted a rainy weekend for Delhi, with a western disturbance likely to bring light to moderate rainfall over the national capital on Saturday. The possibility of light rainfall remains on the forecast for Sunday as well.
On Friday, the minimum temperature is likely to settle at 13 degrees Celsius, and the maximum could be 19 degrees Celsius. Over the past 24 hours, the minimum temperature recorded was 13.5 degrees Celsius, six degrees above the normal for this time of the year. The maximum temperature over the past 24 hours was 21.1 degrees Celsius, two degrees above the normal.
Madhya Pradesh
Parts of Madhya Pradesh experienced unseasonal rains with thunderstorms along with lightning and hail forecast in the western region of the state on Friday. The Nagpur-based Regional Meteorological Centre issued an ‘orange alert’ warning thunderstorms with lightnings in parts of western Madhya Pradesh.
“Such weather is likely to prevail over large parts of the state for the next two days as an induced cyclonic circulation was lying over southeast Rajasthan on the MP border,” GK Mishra, a senior meteorologist with the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Bhopal office, told PTI.
With the presence of a Western Disturbance and an induced Cyclonic Circulation over the plains of North India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted widespread rainfall over the northwest and Central parts of India including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh till January 9.
“Fairly widespread to moderate rainfall is expected over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh during January 7-January 9 and decrease significantly thereafter. Scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall is likely over Madhya Pradesh during January 7-January 11 and Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh during January 9 to January 11,” the IMD said in its latest bulletin.
The IMD said that the “cyclonic circulation that lies over southwest Rajasthan and adjoining south Pakistan at lower tropospheric levels and the high moisture feeding from Arabian Sea over northwest and adjoining central India in lower and middle tropospheric levels will be the reason behind the rainfall. Due to this, the rains in these regions would continue for the next 2-3 days.
“There is high moisture feeding from Arabian Sea over northwest & adjoining central India in lower & middle tropospheric levels and is very likely to continue during next 2-3 days. The confluence of winds from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal at lower tropospheric levels is very likely over central India during next 4-5 days,” the weather body said.
Delhi
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted cloudy skies and light rainfall in New Delhi on Friday. The IMD has also forecasted a rainy weekend for Delhi, with a western disturbance likely to bring light to moderate rainfall over the national capital on Saturday. The possibility of light rainfall remains on the forecast for Sunday as well.
On Friday, the minimum temperature is likely to settle at 13 degrees Celsius, and the maximum could be 19 degrees Celsius. Over the past 24 hours, the minimum temperature recorded was 13.5 degrees Celsius, six degrees above the normal for this time of the year. The maximum temperature over the past 24 hours was 21.1 degrees Celsius, two degrees above the normal.
Madhya Pradesh
Parts of Madhya Pradesh experienced unseasonal rains with thunderstorms along with lightning and hail forecast in the western region of the state on Friday. The Nagpur-based Regional Meteorological Centre issued an ‘orange alert’ warning thunderstorms with lightnings in parts of western Madhya Pradesh.
“Such weather is likely to prevail over large parts of the state for the next two days as an induced cyclonic circulation was lying over southeast Rajasthan on the MP border,” GK Mishra, a senior meteorologist with the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Bhopal office, told PTI.
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