Delhi witnessed light to heavy rain on Tuesday morning which led to traffic jams in several parts of the Capital. Despite 1.6-mm rainfall recorded in wee hours, minimum temperature settled at 28.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, said a MeT department official. The humidity, however, shot up and was recorded at 92 per cent, he said. light rain were recorded by many stations, including lodhi Road, Ridge, Ayanagar, Hindon among others.
Met has recorded moderate rainfall and thunderstrom in some areas of East Delhi and Central Delhi. At Safadrjung observatory, total rainfall was recorded at 1.4 MM while maximum rainfall in past 24 hours was 17.2 MM in Narela.
No water-logging was reported although heavy traffic and jams were reported in several parts of the city including the stretches between Malkaganj to Clock Tower, laximi Nagar to ITO on Vikas Margh, Dhaulakuan, Azadpur to Prembari, Ashok Vihar T Point and some other major arteries in the city, said a Traffic Police official.
For Wednesday, MeT has predicted cloudy Sky with light rain or drizzles likely to and maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 35 and 29 degrees Celsius respectively.
In a weekly weather report of Indian Metrological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature will be oscillated between 31 degrees Celsius and 36 degrees Celsius while minimum temperature will remain at 29 degrees Celsius. “There are achances of substantial rainfall with thunderstorm in National Capital Region (NCR),” said a senior Met official of Delhi wing.