As a result of widespread rain, temperatures are likely to fall by two to four notches from October 17. (Image: PTI/Kamal Singh)
The IMD said the rainfall in northwest and parts of central India is expected over the next four days
An intense western disturbance, which will be the first of this season, is expected to bring widespread rain over Delhi, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana as well as heavy showers or even snowfall in parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The IMD said the rainfall in northwest as well as parts of central India is expected over the next four days.
The MeT said under the influence of the western disturbance, an induced cyclonic circulation is likely to form over central Pakistan and the neighbourhood in the next 24 hours. This system is likely to intensify further with the possibility of merger of a fresh western disturbance on October 15, the IMD said.
The system will influence northwest and central India from Friday night to October 17. It is likely to receive moisture from the Arabian Sea. As a result, the intensity of rainfall and its distribution are quite likely to increase over northwest India during the same period, it said.
Dry northwesterly winds from the Himalayas are likely to prevail over northwest India in lower tropospheric levels after the passage of the western disturbance. As a result, temperatures are likely to fall by two to four notches from October 17 over the region.
(With PTI inputs)
Source: News18