Light rain, thundershowers to continue on Sunday: IMD

Rainfall between 2.5 mm and 15.5 mm is categorised as ‘light’ by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The IMD forecast indicates that light rain and thundershowers will continue on Sunday, while very light rainfall is likely on Monday. Cloudy skies are set to persist from September 19 to 22, but not rainfall as per the IMD forecast.

The maximum temperature recorded on Sunday was 33.8 degrees Celsius, close to the normal for this time of the year. The maximum temperature is likely to remain at around 33 degrees on Sunday.

Delhi is still registering a rainfall deficit for the month so far, having recorded 54.3 mm of rainfall against a normal of 92.8 mm till September 16. This marks a deficit of 41% so far. The normal rainfall for September in Delhi is 123.4 mm. The city saw a 61% deficit in rainfall in August, mirroring the deficit that was seen across the country.

For the monsoon season so far, the rainfall that the national capital has recorded is close to the normal — 632.4 mm against a normal of 609.7 mm till September 16 — at the Safdarjung weather station.

While a western disturbance persists, a low-pressure area lies over parts of Madhya Pradesh and it is likely to move across the northern parts of Gujarat and nearby Rajasthan in the next two days, according to an IMD bulletin issued on Saturday.

A cyclonic circulation also lies over Punjab, and the monsoon trough, which is an elongated low-pressure area associated with the monsoon, passed through Jaisalmer, Kota, and the low-pressure area over Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, according to the IMD.

The IMD had issued a forecast for widespread rainfall over Uttarakhand and western Madhya Pradesh from September 16 to 18, and over Gujarat till September 19.