Delhi weather will remain pleasant till Thursday with moderate rain, said Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in its weekly forecast on Monday. The maximum temperature was settled at 34 degrees Celsius on Monday.
“An upper air circulation is likely to persist over Delhi and adjoining areas due to fresh western disturbance on May 22 night. Due to this, activities like thunderstorm and light
showers can be witnessed,” said IMD.
With 15 per cent precipitation and 11 km wind speed, the humidity level in city air was 36 per cent on Monday. The Safdarjung observatory (IMD), whose recording is considered official for the city, received 17.2 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours. The Palam observatory recorded 0.8 mm rainfall.
“Skies will remain partly cloudy throughout the day. Rain and thunderstorm are also expected to occur in many places. The maximum temperature may settle around 37 degrees Celsius,” the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC), Delhi wing, tweeted.
According to Skymet Weather, private company, the trough that was running along the national Capital has become less marked.
In wake of this, temperatures are likely to increase by two -three degrees Celsius from Wednesday. “While light rain or thunderstorm activity is expected over the region, but continuous cloud cover will remain absent,” the Skymet said.
Meanwhile, in a span of 24 hours, the Palam observatory recorded traces of rainfall. Other areas of NCR, including Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, also witnessed a few spells of dust storm, thunderstorm accompanied with some rainfall activity over isolated pockets.
In other parts of the Capital — RK Puram, Connaught Place, Green Park, witnessed rain.
Also, the hailstrorm was recorded at some places with strong winds. Several trees were also uprooted in Central part of Delhi.
As per the weather experts, such freak weather conditions are attributed to the presence of two weather systems. “One of them is the cyclonic circulation over Southwest Rajasthan and adjoining Pakistan while the other system happens to be over Northwest Uttar Pradesh and adjoining areas,” the Skymet mentioned in their weekly update.