Hyderabad: The state will continue to get rain but it may not be as heavy as was seen in the city in the recent past. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has put out a rainfall warning till 8.30 am on Saturday.
The IMD said isolated locations across all districts would get rain.
The intensity of Friday’s pre-dawn rains was such that within the span of four hours beginning 11.30 pm on Thursday, the city received a cumulative 89.7 mm of rainfall, the second highest rainfall in a 24-hour period the last decade.
On September 6, 2017, the city had received 90.2 mm of rainfall, just a few millimeters, just a notch over what the city experienced on Friday.
According to the IMD, the sudden downpour was triggered by an upper air circulation over Maharashtra.
“This circulation managed to siphon moisture from the Arabian Sea which settled above parts of Telangana and Hyderabad. This is why there was a sudden downpour in the city coupled with lightning and thunder activity,” Dr Y.K. Reddy, director, IMD-Hyderabad, told Deccan Chronicle.
Following the downpour, the amount of rain would drastically drop. The rain would fall in isolated areas.
