Strong winds and heavy rain lashed the national Capital on Saturday as 18 flights also diverted from Delhi International Airport to Lucknow , Amritsar, Ahmedabad and Jaipur due to non- favorable weather condition for flight operations.
The private weather agency Skymet weather said, "We expect only isolated rains to occur over Delhi-NCR and southern districts of Haryana. However, moderate rains will appear over northern districts of Punjab, Haryana, and Northwest UttarPradesh."
According to the weather department, there is a cyclonic circulation over east Afghanistan and Pakistan in the middle tropospheric level and the induced cyclonic circulation over northwest Rajasthan in lower levels.
Meanwhile, due to rain, air quality recorded under satisfactory to moderate levels with overall Air Quality index (AQI) 113 on the National Ambient Air quality Index (NAAQI).
