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Delhi is likely to see rain on Friday and over the next six days, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for the national capital.
Cloudy skies are set to continue through the next week, while light rain is expected on Friday and Saturday. Rainfall intensity is set to increase from June 25 to 27 with moderate rains expected in the national capital. IMD issued a “yellow” alert for the city from June 25-27, a warning to “be aware.”
The maximum temperature, which was around 37.5°C on Thursday, is likely to remain at around 38°C on Friday. Forecasts indicate that it is likely to drop to 34°C by June 24.
Humidity levels have remained high over the past few days, with a maximum relative humidity of 73% at 8.30am on Friday. The minimum humidity level on Thursday was around 54%.
Kuldeep Srivastava, a scientist at IMD, said, “The trough line extends from Punjab to the low-pressure system in Uttar Pradesh and onward to eastern Uttar Pradesh. In addition, easterly winds will bring moisture from the Bay of Bengal to Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab. This is in increasing rainfall activity in Delhi NCR, Up, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.”
The low pressure area, identified by IMD as a remnant of Cyclone Biparjoy, was located over central Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night.
The IMD bulletin issued on Friday said that heavy or very heavy rains are likely in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh from June 25 to 27.
The bulletin added that conditions are favorable for the southwest monsoon to advance to the remaining parts of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, and some parts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh over the next two days.
IMD officials said the institute has yet to release a statement on when the monsoon will begin in the national capital. The normal date of their onset in Delhi is 27 June. Last year, the monsoon hit Delhi on June 30, while in 2021, it is delayed even further, reaching the city by only July 13.
Over the past 24 hours, the Safdarjung weather station, which serves as an indicator for the city, has recorded very light rain. For the month of June so far, Safdarjung has recorded 23.1 mm of rain, which is a deficit of 47% against the normal rate of 43.3 mm through June 23.
Long-range forecasts issued by IMD on Thursday for the next two weeks indicated that a decrease in maximum temperatures of three to five degrees Celsius was likely in northwestern, central and eastern India over the next five days, with no significant heat wave conditions likely over the five days. coming. next week.
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