The weather system over the country:
Under the influence of an upper cyclonic circulation over the Northwest Bay of Bengal off the Odisha–West Bengal coast, a low-pressure area has formed over the same region at 0530 hours IST today, August 26. The associated cyclonic circulation extends up to 7.6 km above mean sea level, tilting southwestwards with height. It is likely to move in a west-northwest direction and become more marked during the next 2 days.
A cyclonic circulation is over South Haryana and adjoining northeast Rajasthan, extending up to 5.8 km above mean sea level.
The monsoon trough now passes through Ganganagar, Gwalior, Satna, Jharsuguda, to the center of the low-pressure area over the Northwest Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast, and then in a southeast direction to the east-central Bay of Bengal.
An east–west trough is extending from east Vidarbha to the east-central Bay of Bengal across South Chhattisgarh, associated with the cyclonic circulation linked to the low-pressure area over the Northwest Bay of Bengal between 5.8 and 7.6 km above mean sea level.
The western disturbance is seen as a trough in the middle and upper tropospheric levels, with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level, running roughly along longitude 70°E and north of latitude 28°N.
Weather Activity in the last 24 hours:
During the last 24 hours, moderate to heavy rain occurred over Himachal Pradesh.
Light to moderate rain with a few heavy spells occurred over Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, the north coast of Andhra Pradesh, Konkan and Goa, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Light to moderate rain occurred over Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, parts of Odisha, the Gujarat region, east Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, coastal Karnataka, and northeast India.
Light rain occurred over west Rajasthan, Gujarat, interior Karnataka, Vidarbha, Lakshadweep, and Tamil Nadu.
Forecast for the next 24 hours:
During the next 24 hours, moderate to heavy rain may occur over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and southeast Rajasthan.
Light to moderate rain with a few heavy spells may occur over Odisha, the north coast of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, south Chhattisgarh, parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada, the Gujarat region, and Konkan and Goa.
Light to moderate rain may occur over northeast India, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, coastal Karnataka, Madhya Maharashtra, and Lakshadweep.
Light rain is possible over west Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, east Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Saurashtra and Kutch.
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