Prolong heatwave finally comes to an end as much awaited wet spell arrives

 


Indo-Gangetic-plains were reeling under severe heatwaves with many places reporting extremely hot afternoons with 43-46°C and Night were also hot with above 30°C temperature across many places. Now we expect abatement of heatwaves from the plains as good dynamics suggests moderate to heavy rains across the northern India

Weather synopsis 
•Active Western disturbance (WD) over the Himalayas and it’ll act as an trough too between late 15th June into 20th Jume

•Huge amount of moisture is being fed from the Arabian sea into the plains

•Good amount of instability at lover levels of the atmosphere (925-850hpa)

•Other favourable factors, positive AO, Active westerly surge

•Induced Cyclonic Circulation (CC) over the parts of Punjab & N Rajasthan 

•Peak intensity: late 16th June -19th June

•Another WD by 21-22nd June

Weather effects
•Moderate to heavy rains upto 40-100mm

•Duststorm/Squall with winds gusting upto 50-100km/h

•Loud thunder and lightning strikes

•Hailstorm

•Continuous intra-cloud lightning at some places

•Temperature drop probably bring the end to intensive heatwave for this season

•Max temperature range: 32-39°C, could drop to 20s range during rain & storms

•Minm temperature range: 18-25°C 


Weather patterns & effects

15th June: Mostly dry with partly cloudy to clear skies and uncomfortable day due to high temperatures and high humidity. Isolated storms in parts of central Rajasthan, SE Haryana, NE Delhi and parts of Aravalli range with light to moderate rains & gusty winds

•Scattered Storms, Moderate to intense burst of rains with partly to mostly cloudy skies in parts of Jammu, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and parts of Uttarakhand 

16th June: Isolated Moderate rains in parts of Punjab, foothills, Delhi & Ncr during mid night into early morning. New formations around early morning, evening and night hours. Intense formation likely during late after into late evening. Partly cloudy skies with Scattered Moderate to Intense rain along with Duststorm in parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi, Ncr, West UttarPradesh, Haryana and neighbouring areas

•Widespread rains and storms in Jammu, Kashmir, Himachal and Uttarakhand 

17th June: Fairly widespread Moderate to intense rains along with intense thunder, lightning and gusty winds and mostly cloudy skies during mid night and through the day with breaks expected in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarpradesh, Rajasthan and neighbouring places

•Fairly widespread rains across majority of places of Northern Himalayas and snowfall at mid to higher reaches expected

18th June: Fairly widespread Moderate to intense rains along with intense thunder, lightning and gusty winds and few intense spells and mostly cloudy skies expected through the day. New formations will take place during late afternoon into late evening hours in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarpradesh, Rajasthan and neighbouring places

•Same goes for Hills as 17th June. 
⚠️Risk of flooding and land slide

19th June: Activities will reduce but overall weather will be pleasant but overall condition will remain the same. 

•Same goes for hills

20th June: Scattered storms but they will expand into other places. 
Light to moderate rains. Most active region will shift toward east Uttarpradesh and neighbouring places

🔺Main time for storm to occur will be late afternoon or evening hours into night or early morning. Local suppression during afternoon hours to hinder overall development.

This will be a long much awaited wet spell for North and NorthWest India. Enjoy it ⛈

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