Chandigarh, May 6
A wet spell over north-western India is expected later this week, bringing in rain and strong winds over many parts of the region.
A fresh western disturbance is likely to affect North-West India from May 9. Under its influence, isolated light to moderate rainfall is very likely over Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh from May 9 -12, according to a bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today.
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In addition, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall activity accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds with speeds of 30-40 kmph is also expected over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh during this period.
During the past 24 hours, the maximum temperature recorded in Punjab was in the range of 36°C at Gurdaspur to 40.9°C at Samrala, which was a couple of notches above normal at a few places.
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