For the last two days a Western Disturbance has been lying over Jammu and Kashmir and its adjoining areas. A cyclonic circulation is also marked overPunjaband NorthRajasthan. These two systems have acted individually to give patchy rain in the region for the last three days.
However, in the last 24 hours both the systems have acted in tandem to give good amounts of rain over the hills and the plains. After a long gap there has been fairly widespread good rain overHimachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab,Haryana, Delhi-NCR including west Uttar Pradesh.
According to the rainfall data available with Skymet,Nainitalin Uttarakhand has received a whopping 100.5 mm of rain in a span of 24 hours, from 8:30 am on Friday.Dehradunhas recorded 74 mm, while Tehri and Mukteshwar have recorded 69 mm and 40 mm of rain, respectively.
In adjoining Himachal Pradesh,Dharamsalahas observed 109.6 mm of rain in a span of 24 hours, from 8:30 am on Friday.Shimlaand Nahan have also recorded 58 mm and 43 mm of rain, respectively. In Jammu and Kashmir,Katrareceived 73.8 mm of rain during the same period.
Down in the plains,Ludhianaand Chandigarh in Punjab have observed 20 mm and 11 m of rain, respectively. Heavy rain of 74 mm has also been observed in Haryana’sNarnaul. Ambala also recorded 26.4 mm of rain.
The national capitalDelhialso saw the Palam Observatory recording 40.2 mm of rain in a span of 24 hours, from 8:30 am on Friday.
Looking at the weather models at skymet, more rain is expected in the entire region for next 48 hours. Isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand could receive heavy rain as well during this period.
