Chandigarh, July 7 -- After a welcome sunny break through most of the first week of July, rain is expected to make a steady comeback this week.

The city recorded 31 mm on July 1, 23.7 mm on July 4 and 3.7 mm on July 6, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD). However, IMD has forecast chances of heavy rain on Monday, with showers likely to continue till Thursday.

As per IMD Chandigarh director Surender Paul, the monsoon trough is currently over New Delhi, and an upper air cyclonic circulation is also active over Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. Due to this, there is a chance of heavy rain on Monday. The system will be strongest on Monday and will get weaker from Tuesday onwards.

Dry weather is expected to return by the weekend, as...