Delhi wakes up to cool Sunday morning; light rains on forecast till Tuesday, mercury to rise thereafter

According to the IMD, while Delhi is expected to see light rain and thundershowers on Monday and Tuesday as well, the temperatures are slowly set to rise. By Saturday, the maximum temperature is expected to touch 34 degrees Celsius and the minimum is likely to be 18 degrees Celsius, the forecast says.

After a dry winter, Delhi received 209 per cent excess rain in March. The seven western disturbances which affected north and central India consecutively were among the factors that triggered excess rain in most parts of the country during the month.

Western disturbances are storms that develop over the Red Sea, Caspian Sea or Mediterranean Sea and move eastwards with induced circulations being associated with it. Another factor was a trough or region of low pressure from Rajasthan to eastern India.

The particularly severe weather from March 14 to 22 was also associated with strong westerly jet streams, IMD officials said. Jet streams are weather events in the upper troposphere that are associated with winds from 120 kmph to 200 kmph. Jet streams also result in moist air moving upwards and forming clouds. These jet streams were also associated with hailstorms.

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