Lucknow, Oct. 1 -- A low pressure area created in the Gulf of Kutch led to overcast conditions and light rainfall in the city bringing relief from sultry weather conditions on Tuesday. However, this phenomenon was not restricted to the city but spread across central and southern Uttar Pradesh. The weatherman has thus predicted a damp Dussehra. Senior meteorological scientist at Lucknow Meteorological department, Mohammad Danish said that the phenomenon is likely to last for over a week. "The rainfall is an after effect of a low pressure area created in the Gulf of Kutch which activated the monsoon activities in Central and Southern parts of the state. Light to moderate rainfall is expected throughout the week spread across Lucknow and corresponding regions," said Danish. He also said that the phenomenon will last about two to three days in Central and Southern regions which might be followed by a break for a day or two and heavy rainfall specifically in Eastern UP and Terai region from October 4 onwards. "The rainfall from October 4 onwards will be due to anot- her western disturbance prevalent over Afghanistan and Pakistan. Besides, the flow of Easterlies in UP due to cyclonic circulation in Bay of Bengal will also contribute to the rainfall," Danish added. The Meteorological Centre, Lucknow, said that the city received 13.4mm rainfall while Orai recorded 88.2mm highest rainfall across the state followed by Kanpur city with 22.4mm rainfall. The forecast for the next seven days says that there is a possibility of scattered rain, thunderstorm and lightning throughout the week in Western UP and possibility of rain, thunderstorm and lightning at some places till October 5 in Eastern UP followed by scattered rain, thunderstorm and lightning on October 6. A warning for thunderstorms and gusty winds (speed 30-40 kms/hr) has been issued for both Eastern and Western UP on Wednesday. From June 1 till September 30, the state received 701.6mm rainfall which is 6% less than normal (746.2mm) rainfall, while Lucknow recorded 661.8mm rainfall which is 3% less than normal (683.2mm) rainfall. "The amount of rainfall received by the state and city is almost normal and in the spells during the week we might be at par with the normal rainfall," said Danish....