Skymet Weather Forecast April 18: Rain and Dust Storm Activity Over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana & West Uttar Pradesh
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Key Takeaways:
- Multiple weather systems are active, including cyclonic circulations and troughs across India.
- Rain and thunderstorms will mainly impact Northeast India and parts of the Himalayas.
- Heat wave conditions persist across Central and Peninsular India.
- Temperatures will rise further across Northwest and Central India in the coming days.
Weather Systems Over the Country
The western disturbance is seen as a trough in middle and upper tropospheric westerly winds, with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level, running roughly along longitude 66°E and latitude 22°N.
A trough extends from northwest Rajasthan to southwest Madhya Pradesh across east Rajasthan at 0.9 km above mean sea level.
Another trough extends from north Bihar to interior Odisha at lower levels.
A cyclonic circulation is present over North Bangladesh and adjoining areas at 0.9 km above mean sea level.
An east-west trough from Bihar is extending from northwest Uttar Pradesh to Manipur across North Gangetic West Bengal, the cyclonic circulation over North Bangladesh, and Assam at 0.9 km above mean sea level.
A north-south trough extends from Marathwada to Comorin areas across interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu at lower levels.
An anticyclone is present over interior Maharashtra and adjoining Telangana and north interior Karnataka between 3.1 and 5.8 km above mean sea level.
Weather Activity During the Last 24 Hours
During the last 24 hours, Light to moderate rain and thunderstorms occurred over Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha, and Jammu & Kashmir.
Isolated rain occurred over Jharkhand, east Bihar, and Karnataka.
Dust storms and light rain occurred in parts of north Rajasthan.
Heatwave conditions occurred in isolated pockets of East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, north interior Karnataka, Telangana, Marathwada, and Rayalaseema.
Forecast
During the next 24 hours, Light to moderate rain and thunderstorms, with isolated heavy spells accompanied by lightning and strong winds, may occur over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura between April 17 and 19.
Scattered light to moderate rain and thunderstorms are expected over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad between April 17 and 19.
Isolated rain may occur over Himachal Pradesh between April 17 and 19 and over Uttarakhand on April 17 and 18.
Light isolated rain may occur over interior Karnataka, Kerala, and the north coast of Andhra Pradesh.
Rain and thunderstorms with strong winds may occur over parts of Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, and west Madhya Pradesh between April 19 and 20.
Isolated light rain, thunderstorms, and dust storms may occur over parts of Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, and west Uttar Pradesh on April 17.
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