<p>The city and other south interior parts of the state will continue to experience wintry weather for the next three days, the IMD has predicted.</p>.<p>With many parts of the city reporting moderate rain late Saturday night, the city witnessed a change of weather.</p>.<p>A thick blanket of cloud kept the sun away throughout Sunday, plunging temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius.</p>.<p>Officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru, attributed the cold condition to a ‘shear zone’, which is a weather system characterised by low-pressure areas and depression in the atmosphere.</p>.<p>IMD Bengaluru director Geeta Agnihotri said the east-west shear zone was present in the atmosphere between 3.1 and 7.6 above the mean sea level.</p>.<p>"Moisture is coming from different seas and we have a dense cloud formation, which is not allowing the sunlight to penetrate through," she explained.</p>.<p>Between 8.30 am and 2.30 pm on Sunday, Chokkasandra received 12 mm rain, while Sampangiramnagar, Jnanabharathi, Kottigepalya, and Chamarajpet recorded 11 mm. </p>.<p>Shettihalli, VV Puram, Maruthi Mandir Ward, Nagapura, and Galianjaneya Temple wards recorded 10.5 mm rain, with RR Nagar and Rajmahal Guttahalli reporting 10 mm.</p>.<p>The rain kept citizens indoors throughout the day and reduced vehicular movement on the roads to a bare minimum. Traffic was slow on Basaveshwara Circle, Nrupatunga Road, KR Circle, Majestic, and surrounding areas.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Waterlogging at some areas </strong></p>.<p>BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad inspected the areas that reported rain-related issues.</p>.<p>Waterlogging was reported in a few isolated places.</p>.<p>Traffic movement was slow on Race Course Road, Shivananda Circle, Okalipura, Malleswaram, Koramangala, and other places.</p>.<p>No tree falling had been reported and zonal officials are attending to damages caused due to the rain.</p>
<p>The city and other south interior parts of the state will continue to experience wintry weather for the next three days, the IMD has predicted.</p>.<p>With many parts of the city reporting moderate rain late Saturday night, the city witnessed a change of weather.</p>.<p>A thick blanket of cloud kept the sun away throughout Sunday, plunging temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius.</p>.<p>Officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru, attributed the cold condition to a ‘shear zone’, which is a weather system characterised by low-pressure areas and depression in the atmosphere.</p>.<p>IMD Bengaluru director Geeta Agnihotri said the east-west shear zone was present in the atmosphere between 3.1 and 7.6 above the mean sea level.</p>.<p>"Moisture is coming from different seas and we have a dense cloud formation, which is not allowing the sunlight to penetrate through," she explained.</p>.<p>Between 8.30 am and 2.30 pm on Sunday, Chokkasandra received 12 mm rain, while Sampangiramnagar, Jnanabharathi, Kottigepalya, and Chamarajpet recorded 11 mm. </p>.<p>Shettihalli, VV Puram, Maruthi Mandir Ward, Nagapura, and Galianjaneya Temple wards recorded 10.5 mm rain, with RR Nagar and Rajmahal Guttahalli reporting 10 mm.</p>.<p>The rain kept citizens indoors throughout the day and reduced vehicular movement on the roads to a bare minimum. Traffic was slow on Basaveshwara Circle, Nrupatunga Road, KR Circle, Majestic, and surrounding areas.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Waterlogging at some areas </strong></p>.<p>BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad inspected the areas that reported rain-related issues.</p>.<p>Waterlogging was reported in a few isolated places.</p>.<p>Traffic movement was slow on Race Course Road, Shivananda Circle, Okalipura, Malleswaram, Koramangala, and other places.</p>.<p>No tree falling had been reported and zonal officials are attending to damages caused due to the rain.</p>
