####018002029#### WWIN40 DEMS 131200 IWB (EVENING) DATED 13-03-2024 METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS: THE WESTERN DISTURBANCE NOW SEEN AS A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER NORTH PAKISTAN AT 3.1 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITH A TROUGH ALOFT IN MIDDLE TROPOSPHERIC WESTERLIES WITH ITS AXIS AT 5.8 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ROUGHLY ALONG LONG. 69OE TO THE NORTH OF LAT. 30ON. THE INDUCED CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER SOUTHWEST RAJASTHAN NOW LIES OVER WEST RAJASTHAN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AND EXTENDS UPTO 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE TROUGH FROM INTERIOR ODISHA TO EASTCENTRAL ARABIAN SEA ACROSS SOUTH CHHATTISGARH, TELANGANA AND KARNATAKA AT 0.9 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. THE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER EAST ASSAM AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AT 1.5 KM ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL PERSISTS. RAINFALL FORECAST: AT MOST PLACES OVER JAMMU-KASHMIR-LADAKH-GILGIT-BALTISTAN- MUZAFFARABAD AND HIMACHAL PRADESH; AT A FEW PLACES OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH, UTTARAKHAND, GANGETIC WEST BENGAL AND PUNJAB; AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA, NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM AND TRIPURA, SUB- HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL AND SIKKIM, ODISHA, WEST UTTAR PRADESH, HARYANA-CHANDIGARH-DELHI, CHHATTISGARH, RAJASTHAN AND KERALA AND MAHE; DRY WEATHER OVER REST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. WEATHER WARNINGS: 13 MARCH (DAY 1): THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED WITH LIGHTNING AND HAIL VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER JAMMU-KASHMIR-LADAKH-GILGIT- BALTISTAN-MUZAFFARABAD, HIMACHAL PRADESH UTTARAKHAND AND GANGETIC WEST BENGAL; WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER PUNJAB, HARYANA-CHANDIGARH-DELHI, WEST UTTAR PRADESH AND ODISHA. 14 MARCH (DAY 2): THUNDERSTORM ACCOMPANIED WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS (SPEED REACHING 30-40 KMPH) VERY LIKELY AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER GANGETIC WEST BENGAL AND WITH LIGHTNING AT ISOLATED PLACES OVER HIMACHAL PRADESH, UTTARAKHAND, ASSAM AND MEGHALAYA AND NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM AND TRIPURA.=