Heavy rain likely in parts of Delhi today; temperature expected to dip
Light to moderate rainfall and thundershowers are set to continue on Sunday as well and the weather department has issued a ‘yellow’ alert for the day.
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New Delhi: A man holding umbrella walks to his office amid monsoon rains, at Vijay Chowk
(PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) With heavy rainfall expected in some parts of Delhi on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an ‘orange’ alert for the city.
Moderate rainfall, thundershowers and strong winds of 30 to 4 kmph speed are on the IMD forecast for Delhi on Saturday, along with heavy rain in isolated places. The city has been seeing intermittent rainfall on Saturday morning, from the early hours onwards.
The national capital is likely to see a dip in temperature on Saturday, with the maximum temperature set to be around 30 degrees Celsius, below the normal of around 36.6 degrees for this time of the year. The minimum temperature early on Saturday was 25 degrees Celsius.
Light to moderate rainfall and thundershowers are set to continue on Sunday as well and the weather department has issued a ‘yellow’ alert for the day. While rainfall remains on the forecast till July 14 next week, the intensity is likely to reduce, with light rainfall likely from July 12 to 14.
Till Saturday morning, the Safdarjung weather observatory in Delhi has recorded 38 mm of rainfall for the month which is a little below the normal of around 41.7 mm till July 8.
The IMD had issued a forecast on Friday for enhanced rainfall activity along the foothills of the Himalayas and the adjoining plains of northwest India from July 9 to 12. A heavy rain warning was also issued for Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh. The monsoon trough, a feature of the southwest monsoon and low-pressure area that runs from Pakistan in the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east, lies south of its normal position, according to an IMD bulletin issued on Friday. On Friday, the trough passed through Bikaner, Ajmer, and Balasore.
A western disturbance has also been affecting northwest India. The monsoon arrived in Delhi on June 25.
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