Overnight rain, gusty winds bring mercury down in Delhi
India | May 31, 2020 9:32 ISTOvernight rain, accompanied with gusty winds of up to 60 km per hour, brought the mercury down in the national capital on Sunday, the weather department said.
Overnight rain, accompanied with gusty winds of up to 60 km per hour, brought the mercury down in the national capital on Sunday, the weather department said.
Heavy rain, accompanied by a hailstorm, lashed parts of Delhi on Thursday. The rainfall started around 5.00 pm, followed by a hailstorm minutes later. The rain and cloudy skies also led to a dip in the temperature.
Western disturbance is set to affect the national capital and its adjoining area on Thursday, leading to isolated showers that is expected to improve the air quality.
The city recorded a minimum of 18.6 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 33 degrees Celsius, two degrees above normal, the highest so far this season, the meteorological department said.
Heavy rains accompanied by hailstorm lashed Delhi-NCR on Saturday afternoon, bringing down the temperature of the national capital.
The thunderstorms are likely to peak on Friday afternoon. The wind speed is likely to touch 50 km per hour, it said. As a result, trees and hoardings may get damaged.
Thundershowers lashed Delhi and parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday evening, Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted moderately cloudy skies, strong surface winds along with very light rain and hail at isolated places.
According to the weather forecast for today, winds gusting up to 25 kmph are expected in Delhi, which are likely to ameliorate the pollution levels in the national capital.
Delhi on Friday woke up with continuous light rain in some regions which lead to a drop in mercury, bringing the minimum temperature down to 9 degrees Celsius.
Parts of Delhi and adjoining areas to the national capital on Thursday morning witnessed light rains which led a slight dip in the temperature with the air quality recorded under the 'poor' category.
A day after Delhi witnessed a warm winter Sunday, the national capital is expected to receive light rains on Monday, while the air quality plunged to the 'very poor' category as light prevailed in the morning.
Parts of Delhi received scattered rainfall on Monday afternoon. Temperatures in Delhi have been on a rise since the past few days, which has brought a brief respite from the coldwave conditions. However, now the weather department has issued a severe weather alert for Delhi and nearby areas.
The Safdarjung Observatory, figures of which are considered official for the city, recorded 33.5 mm rainfall, the second highest after 70 mm in December 1997, till 5:30 pm.
Several flights were diverted from Delhi's IGI Airport following the heavy downpour. Operations at the airport had to be briefly suspended. Air India and Vistara were among the carriers whose services were affected.
Srinagar and higher reaches of Kashmir received snowfall, while rain lashed other parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the meteorological department said. Snowfall also occurred in some parts of Ladakh, it said.
The national capital remains swallowed by dark grey clouds and more showers are likely during the day.
Intense clouding could be seen engulfing Delhi and adjoining areas of Noida, Gurugram and Faridabad.
Heavy rains continued to lash several states across India on Saturday. Among those affected by incessant downpour are - Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Meanwhile, Punjab remains on alert today after a forecast of heavy rainfall in 48 to 72 hours.
It was a sultry day in Delhi on Thursday with rains in parts of the national capital in the morning hours. The Safdarjung observatory recorded 10.8 mm of rainfall, while the Palam observatory recorded 48 mm of rainfall, the official said.
Heavy rains lashed Delhi-NCR on Tuesday which caused waterlogging across the national capital with commuters facing challenges during office hours. Mumbai too continues to struggle under incessant rains, while heavy showers are also predicted for Rajasthan and Goa. Stay tuned for this space for live updates on weather.
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