It was a sultry day in the national Capital on Thursday with the mercury crossing the 40 degrees Celsius mark as the summer sun blazed in a cloudless sky. The weatherman has predicted dust storms on Friday with mercury soaring high. The maximum temperature was recorded at 40.6 degrees, one notch above normal while the minimum settled at 24.2 degrees, two notches below normal.
The weatherman has warned about a dust storm likely to hit the city on Friday with the skies expected to become partially cloudy.
“There could be a dust storm or thunderstorm towards the evening in the city,” said a MeT official. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be 41 and 25 degrees Celsius, respectively. Humidity in the air oscillated between 64 per cent and 22 per cent on Thursday. While the maximum was recorded at 38.6 degrees in the city on Wednesday, the minimum had settled at 24.8 degrees.