A fresh Western Disturbance at present lies over Afghanistan and adjoining Pakistan area. The system will take another two days to enter the Indian sub-continent and affect weather conditions here.
The system will bring rain in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi/NCR and west Uttar Pradesh. Hailstorm is also likely during this period at some places. Today, Haryana, Punjab and Jummu & Kashmir could receive light rain. The rain belt will gradually shift towards west Uttar Pradesh. Delhi, north west Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Madhya Maharashtra could receive good showers on the 11th of March.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra continues to receive moisture from both the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. The discontinuity of winds from Tamil Nadu to Maharashtra is also a reason for continuous pre-monsoon showers in peninsular India.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, in the last 24 hours Maharashtra, Telangana, interiors of Karnataka and Kerala received light rain.
Akola in Maharashtra received 0.2 mm of rain. Rain was widespread in Karnataka, where several stations recorded some rain. Bellary received 14 mm, Chitradurga 8 mm, Mysore 4 mm, Cochin 2 mm, Bijapur 2 mm, Raichur 1 mm, Bangalore and Gulbarga both 0.7 mm of rain. Minicoy, also known as Maliku in the archipelago of Lakshadweep, received 11 mm of rain. Udhagamandalam, better known as Ooty in Tamil Nadu received 5 mm of rain.
This region has been receiving pre-monsoon showers since the past one week. Parts of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have already recorded around 40 mm of rain in the month of March. Though the intensity has reduced for the time being, it is likely to pick up once again as the Western Disturbance starts affecting weather in North India.
