Some relief for Northwest as temperatures come down; widespread rain expected over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi from June 16 to 18
Vibha Sharma
New Delhi, June 14
Reeling under persistent heatwave, the Northwest on Tuesday experienced some relief as temperatures came down. The IMD said scattered to widespread rains are expected over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi between June 16 and 18, predicting a gradual fall in maximum temperatures by 2-3 degrees C during the next three days.
Under the influence of Western Disturbances and lower level easterlies, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall will take place over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and East Uttar Pradesh during June 16 to 18, it said
Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad between June 16 and 18 (Thursday and Saturday), Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on June 16 and 17 and north Punjab on June 16, it added.
“There will be a gradual fall in maximum temperatures by 2-3 degrees C over Northwest India during the next three days and no significant change thereafter,” the weather office predicted.
Meanwhile, conditions are also becoming favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon during the next two to three days. The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) continues to pass through Nandurbar, Jalgano, Parbhani, Bidar, Tirupati, Puducherry, Balurghat and Supaul.
Conditions are favourable for its further advance, including some more parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and some more parts of Bihar.
