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The southwest monsoon is set to hit Delhi in the next couple of days, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
The ‘normal’ date for the onset of the monsoon in Delhi, which is based on data from 1961 to 2019, is June 27, and this year’s onset is likely to be close to the usual start date.
In a bulletin issued on Saturday, IMD said conditions are favorable for further advance of the southwest monsoon to some other parts of Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, and most parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gujarat and eastern Rajasthan. and Punjab over the next two days.
In Delhi, moderate rain is expected on Sunday and the IMD has issued an ‘orange’ alert for the day, a warning to prepare for potential impacts such as traffic disruption and waterlogging.
Light to moderate precipitation is likely to continue Monday and Tuesday, and the IMD has issued “yellow” alerts for both days – a warning to heed. The bulletin issued on Saturday indicated the possibility of isolated heavy rains in parts of Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab on Sunday and Monday.
Light rain or thunderstorms are expected on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week.
Rainfall is set to bring relief from the harsh days the city has experienced over the past week due to easterly winds bringing moisture – the maximum relative humidity recorded on Saturday was 81%, just below the maximum humidity. 92% signed up on Friday.
As of 5:30 p.m., the city had not recorded any precipitation on Saturday. The IMD forecast indicates that the maximum temperature, which was 37.2 degrees Celsius on Saturday, is likely to drop to around 32 degrees on Monday.
Kuldeep Srivastava, a scientist at IMD, said, “Conditions are favorable… We expect the onset of monsoon in Delhi to be close to the normal start date. The remnants of Cyclone Peparjoy have lingered over Uttar Pradesh for some time. A low pressure system over that region has contributed to the potential for activity Rainfall “.
Last year, the monsoon reached Delhi on June 30, while it hit the city on July 13 in 2021, and on June 25 in 2020. From 1960 to 2021, there were 33 years when the monsoon reached Delhi in just July , IMD data shows, the last one to hit Delhi was on July 27 in 1987. During this period, the earliest monsoon reached Delhi was June 9 in 1961.
The monsoon season caused a rainfall deficit in Delhi of 19% per weather station Safdarjung last year. In 2021, when the monsoon arrived long after its natural start date, Safdarjung recorded a significant increase in precipitation during the season.
While the IMD forecast stated that monsoon rainfall over the country is likely to be “normal”, precipitation for the season is expected to be lower than normal or less than 92% of the long-term average in northwest India.
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