Heavy rain likely from today

Patna: The northern plains of India, from Punjab to Bihar, will receive good rainfall from Thursday, say IMD sources. The region has been bereft of good monsoon showers for the last one week. “The region had only light scattered rains after July 7. But the monsoon trough has now shifted northwards and the entire state is likely to receive moderate to heavy rainfall during the next 48 hours,” said Met scientist Arpita Rastogi on Wednesday.
“Monsoon remained subdued till Wednesday over the entire northern plains, excluding eastern part of Bihar which had good rainfall. But with the trough line passing through the state, heavy showers are expected from July 14 onwards,” the Met official said.
According to Skymet Weather Services, “For the last one week, monsoon systems have been bringing heavy showers over central India. A cyclonic circulation over Madhya Pradesh was keeping the axis of monsoon trough towards the central parts of the country. Due to this, the central region of India witnessed heavy rainfall. Now, the weather system along with the monsoon trough have started shifting northwards. By the next 24 hours, there will be significant increase in rainfall as the monsoon trough will shift close to the Indo-Gangetic plains and foothills of the Himalayas. Several spells of moderate to heavy showers are likely over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, entire Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Few heavy to very heavy spells are also expected over Bihar, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.”
A Delhi IMD release also said, “By July 14, rain intensity over the northern plains and eastern India is expected to rise and states like Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, entire Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are likely to receive fairly widespread rain. In fact, one or two places may also witness heavy showers. These rains are expected to last till July 19 and most of the states during this period may also reach in the excess rainfall category.”
Meanwhile, day temperature in places like Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnia hovered around 33-34 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature was in the range of 26 degrees Celsius, it said. Purnia witnessed the highest humidity level at 95% followed by Gaya at 83%, while it was 74 % and 78% at Bhagalpur and Patna, respectively.