Light rain in Delhi-NCR pushes up humidity; heatwave in central and northwest India likely next week
India | May 06, 2022, 02:34 PM ISTThe IMD forecast predicts more rain likely for the Delhi-NCR region for the rest of the day.
The IMD forecast predicts more rain likely for the Delhi-NCR region for the rest of the day.
Earlier in the morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a yellow alert, warning of a dust storm, thunderstorm or hail storm with winds gusting up to 50 kilometres per hour in the national capital.
The maximum temperature at most places in Punjab and Haryana, including Chandigarh, had been hovering above normal limits during the past several days.
An IMD official told that in the past 120 yrs, such a dry March month was only seen 12 times. The last time it was in 2018, when the city received no rain during the month of March in Delhi.
Meanwhile, India Meteorological Department stated that a depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal lay centered at 8:30 am of Friday near 8.9 degrees of North/ 82.9 degrees of East about 390Km southeast of Nagappattinam (Tamil Nadu) is likely to intensify further into a deep depression during next twelve hours.
The formation of a Low Pressure Area over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea around Feb 28 will lead to enhanced rainfall activity over Andaman-Nicobar Islands on Sunday and Monday over Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-Karaikal during Mar 2-4.
The maximum and minimum temperatures for the day have been pegged at 17 and 8.5 degrees Celsius, respectively, while the relative humidity at 8.30 a.m. was recorded at 90 per cent.
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According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cold wave conditions are very likely to remain in isolated pockets over Punjab and Haryana during the next 24 hours and abate thereafter.
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The districts where heavy to very heavy rain is likely, include Udaipur, Banswara, Dungarpur and Chittorgarh, officials said.
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According to the IMD, the sky will generally remain cloudy in Gurugram. The city may receive one or two spells of rain over the next 2-3 hours.
Mumbai has been lashing with heavy rains since yesterday. Amid the downpour, the hashtag #MumbaiRains became one of the top trends on the micro-blogging site and netizens stormed the app with memes, memories and jokes.
The Chief Minister's Office said the Met department has declared the arrival of monsoon and predicted medium to very heavy rains in the next three days.
The national capital woke up to a pleasant morning on Saturday, with the minimum temperature settling at 18 degrees Celsius, nine notches below the normal.
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