Monsoon weakens, dry spell ahead for Rajasthan, says Met department

JAIPUR: Southwest monsoon remained weak in the state on Monday with Jaipur Met office saying rainfall activities would be negligible in the coming days.
In the absence of monsoon winds, majority of the places witnessed dry weather conditions. Attributing the weak monsoon to the active western disturbance and upper air cyclonic circulation, Jaipur Met office said that in the coming three to four days, monsoon would be weak and dry conditions are likely to be witnessed in the state.
In Jaipur, although the weather remained cloudy, yet it did not convert into rainfall. In the afternoon, the weather was mainly dry as a maximum temperature of 34°C was recorded, accompanied with a humidity of 90 per cent. Also, people in Jaipur woke up to a comparatively warmer morning with a minimum temperature of 26°C. In this season so far, Jaipur has received normal rainfall and there has been no monsoon activity in the city in the past 10 days.
Meanwhile, Thanagazi (Alwar) received a rainfall of 72mm which was followed by Srimadhopur (Sikar) 68mm, Bhopalgarh (Jodhpur) 66mm, Viratnagar (Jaipur) 65mm. A rainfall ranging from 50mm to 10mm was also received at many places in the state.
Jaipur Met office stated that mild to moderate showers would take place at isolated places in the state, however weather would be mainly dry in the state in the next 24 hours.