Weather Forecast Highlights: Rain brings down temperature in Delhi NCR

Weather Forecast Highlights: The minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded to be 24 degrees Celcius and the maximum temperature was 33 degrees Celcius.

By: Express Web Desk
New Delhi | Updated: April 26, 2020 09:38 PM IST

Weather Forecast Today Live Updates: Rain and thunderstorms bring down the temperature in Delhi NCR

Delhi NCR experienced light rainfall on Sunday morning. (Express Photo by Anamni Gupta)

Weather forecast Highlights: Delhi NCR received light rainfall on Sunday morning, accompanied by strong winds and lightening in various parts of the city. The minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded 24 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature 33 degrees Celsius.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday said that moisture influx from the Arabian Sea and low level easterlies from the Bay of Bengal are likely to cause scattered to fairly widespread rain/thundershowers over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and plains of Northwest India during the next 48 hours. Isolated hailstorms and gusty winds are also likely.

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The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to remain in the range of 34-39 degrees Celsius and 22-24 degrees Celsius for the coming week, with generally cloudy sky, light rain and a possibility of thunderstorms.

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Delhi NCR received light rainfall on Sunday morning, accompanied by strong winds and lightening. Follow this space for the latest weather updates.

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With vehicles off the road and most industries shut for over a month due to the coronavirus lockdown, over 10 pollution hotspots in Mumbai and Delhi have turned into green zones recording minimal or no pollution. In Delhi, eight locations which used to be pollution hotspots before the lockdown have now become green zones, said Gufran Beig, director, Centre's System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).

The areas are Vinobapuri, Adarsh Nagar, Vasundhara, Sahibabad, Ashram road, Punjabi Bagh, Okhla and Badarpur, he told PTI, sharing a comparative map of Delhi's air quality before and during the lockdown period. In Mumbai, Worli, Borivali and Bhandup were among areas which recorded cleaner air as compared to other areas of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

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Rain lashes parts of Greater Noida

Heavy rains lashed many parts of Greater Noida on Sunday afternoon. The rain brought relief to the heat and cooled down the temperatures in the areas.

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Heavy rain lashes Moradabad

Welcome to our live blog. Thakurdwara in Morabadad district received heavy rain on Sunday.

Below are some pictures of heavy rain and hailstorm in Moradabad district.

Rain in Moradabad district on Sunday. (Source: ANI)

Hailstorm in Moradabad on Sunday. (Source: ANI)

The weather in Delhi on Sunday afternoon. (Express Photo by Anamni Gupta)

Meanwhile, in other parts of the country, IMD predicted that fairly widespread rain is likely to continue over parts of East and Northeast India during the next two days, with peak activity over Odisha, Jharkhand and gangetic West Bengal. Isolated havey rain, thudnerstorm are likely over East and Northeast India. The weather agency has predicted widespread rain/thundeshowers in Kerala and Mahe during the next 4-5 days. Rainfall is likely to continue in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Karaikal for the next 4 days.

Rain/thundershowers were observed at a few places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Muazaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim. Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, Rayalseema, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Karaikal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands also received rain yesterday.

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