For the second straight day, the Delhiites got a respite from the heatwave in the national Capital, as heavy rains lashed parts of Delhi on Friday. The minimum temperature plummeted by five notches to 22.8 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The weather office had predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rains in the national Capital.
"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-40 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida," the Met office had tweeted at 1:50 PM. The weather office had earlier said the city received 7 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8.30 AM on Friday. Heavy rains also lashed parts of Delhi on Friday morning, while the maximum temperature during the day in the Capital settled at 36.7 degrees Celsius, three notches less than the normal for this time of the year. According to the data released by the weather station, the observatories at Ridge, Ayanagar, Najafgarh, Pitampura, Palam, and Lodhi Road recorded maximum temperatures of 36.2 degrees Celsius, 37.2 degrees Celsius, 39 degrees Celsius, 37.3 degrees Celsius, 37.6 degrees Celsius and 37.2 degrees Celsius respectively. The IMD predicted that Delhi will remain cloudy with moderate rain for the next four days with the maximum temperature up to 36-37 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will go down to 25-26 degree Celsius.
“Current spell of intense rainfall is likely to continue over Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next four days and decrease thereafter,” weather department said. Meanwhile Delhi traffic Police department advised commuters to plan their journey according to weather condition.
The police also took it to twitter and wrote, “As per weather forecast" Cloudy sky with moderate rain" is expected in Delhi. Commuters are advised to plan their journey accordingly,” tweeted at 2:49 PM.