The national capital on Friday evening witnessed sudden rain with thunderstorms and gusty winds which led to traffic chaos on several stretches. An electric pole fell on a car parked at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, ITO. No casualty reported here.
India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Director General Dr Mrutunjay Mohapatra told the pioneer, the sudden weather change witnessed by the people in North west and Central India including Delhi is a result of the western disturbance. Central India will witness rain on Saturday as well. Strong gusty winds of speed between 70 to 80 kmph were also witnessed.
The IMD has predicted cloudy sky in the national capital on Friday for the next one week. The maximum temperature recorded as per the IMD was 40.5 degrees celsius, which is 1 degree celsius above from the normal temperature. The minimum temperature stands at 21.6 degrees celsius, which is 2 degrees celsius lower than the normal.
The IMD predicted the weather of the national capital on Friday as “generally cloudy sky with light rain or thunderstorm accompanied with hail”.
For Saturday, the meteorological department predicted “generally cloudy sky with light rain or drizzle”. The city witnessed light to moderate rainfall on Tuesday as well as the result of a cyclonic disturbance.
Further the department has issued a weather warning which states “Thunderstorms and Lightning accompanied with gusty winds (speed 30-50 kmph) over Northwest India. Hail at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and East Rajasthan. Heat wave at isolated places over east Uttar Pradesh. Dust Storm at isolated places over west Rajasthan.”
In the coming days, the IMD has also predicted strong surface winds during day time in Delhi on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The maximum humidity in the city stands at 66 percent and the minimum recorded is 16 per cent.
