The state of Rajasthan is divided into two sub-divisions known as East Rajasthan and West Rajasthan. Even though the annual rainfall differs largely over both the sub-divisions, East Rajasthan receives almost double the rains as compared to West Rajasthan.
Monsoon starts its withdrawal from the extreme western parts of Rajasthan in the beginning of September. However, withdrawal over East Rajasthan takes place towards mid of September.
Therefore, since the last three days no rainfall activity has been observed over West Rajasthan, as mainly dry weather prevailed over all these places. Meanwhile, isolated light rains were observed over East Rajasthan.
In fact, during the last 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rains have been observed over few places of East Rajasthan. Sawai Madhopur recorded exceptionally heavy rain to the tune of 240 mm.
In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Sunday, Kota recorded 18 mm of rain, followed by Bharatpur 15 mm, Jaipur 13 mm and Bundi 4 mm.
However, due to the extremely heavy rains witnessed by Sawai Madhopur, localized flooding situation has already occurred and more such conditions are a possibility.
The reason for these rains has been attributed to the cyclonic circulation over Haryana and nearby areas, along with the axis of Monsoon trough which lies in the close proximity.
Further also, we expect similar conditions to prevail for the next 48 hours. Thus, heavy rains are expected over many parts of East Rajasthan in the next 24 hours. However, gradually after 24 hours, rains will start reducing.
Few spells of rain and thundershowers with isolated heavy rains are likely over Ajmer, Alwar, Baran, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Tonk and Udaipur districts of Rajasthan during next 18-24 hours.
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