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posted by: Ashi Sadana
Last updated: June 16, 2023, 5:38 PM IST
The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded in the “Moderate” category at 108 at 5 p.m. (Photo: IANS)
In the past 24 hours, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 27.9°C on Friday, while the maximum temperature is likely to settle at 38°C, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
The Met Office said that Delhi on Friday witnessed a new wave of rains under the influence of Cyclone Piparjoy and active westerly disturbance in the northwestern Himalayan region.
After traversing the Arabian Sea for more than 10 days, Biparjoy made landfall near the port of Jakhau in Gujarat on Thursday.
In the past 24 hours, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 27.9°C on Friday, while the maximum temperature is likely to settle at 38°C, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
The city’s air quality index (AQI) was recorded in the “moderate” category at 108 at 5 p.m., according to the System for Air Quality, Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
An air quality index between 0 and 50 is considered “good,” 51 and 100 are “satisfactory,” 101 and 200 are “average,” 201 and 300 are “poor,” 301 and 400 are “very poor,” and 401 and 500 are considered “poor.” Intense”.
Kuldeep Srivastava, Head of Regional Forecasting Center at IMD, said Delhi has seen light rains under the influence of the cyclone, fresh westerly disturbance and moisture-laden southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea which will reach the capital after crossing Rajasthan and southern Haryana.
“High temperature extremes in the past few days with moist southwesterly winds and westerly disturbance will bring rains in northwest India,” Srivastava said.
The IMD had last month predicted normal to below-normal monsoons in northwest India, which could mean drier and hotter days in Delhi.
She added that normal, above-average temperatures are usually recorded in most parts of the country in June, with the exception of the far north and some parts of the southern peninsula.
The monsoon hit the Indian mainland on June 8, with IMD reporting the onset of its appearance over Kerala a week later than the usual date of June 1.
The institute had earlier predicted a four-day delay in the onset of the monsoon over Kerala. However, Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea delayed him further.
Research shows that a delay in the onset of the monsoon over Kerala (MOK) does not necessarily mean a delay in the onset of the monsoon over northwest India.
The rain bearing system usually reaches Delhi by June 27.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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