Capital gets a no-sweat lesson in humidity as rain lashes North India
light to moderate rains lashed several parts of the northern region on Monday even as the national Capital experienced high humidity. Sultry weather conditions made life uncomfortable for Delhi residents with humidity level oscillating between
59 per cent and 87 per cent, as rain subsided here after a wet patch during the last couple of days. The maximum and minimum temperature settled at 36°C and 26.4°C respectively and the MeT Department has predicted very light rain or thundershowers in some parts of the Capital.
In Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, light to moderate rain occurred in some places in the past 24 hours. Weatherman has forecast rain or thundershowers at a few places over East UP and at isolated places over West UP. Union Territory of Chandigarh recorded
18.7 mm showers during the day while parts of Rajasthan also received light to moderate rain. Kota and Chittorgarh recorded 22.8 mm and 4 mm rainfall respectively since morning, MeT officials said while issuing a heavy rainfall warning for isolated areas in the State during next 48 hours.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Director BP Yadav has said there is no possibility of heavy rains in Jammu & Kashmir over the next three days, as rescuers stepped up efforts to save people marooned by the devastating floods in the State. There is a low pressure near Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, but it is unlikely to moves towards Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir or North-West India, Yadav added.
Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency, said entire North India will hardly receive any monsoon showers in next few days and southwest monsoon will remain subdued over peninsular India, while the North-East could receive scattered rain.