Delhi sweltered under heat and high humidity as the maximum took a leap from 41.3°C to 43°C on Friday. Heat wave conditions returned in the national capital as the day temperature is five notches above normal.
The mercury came down after the spell of light rain and thunderstorm on Wednesday, when the maximum dropped from 43.3°C on Tuesday to 41.2°C. As was predicted the maximum did not shoot up immediately as temperatures have come down in Rajasthan as well and the winds coming from the west direction are less hot than those experienced last week when temperatures had risen to mid-forties and above.
The city also witnessed a hot day, i.e. minimum was 5°C above normal average at 32.7°C. The humidity increases at night making matters even worse as the winds coming from the Arabian Sea are stronger at night and loses less moisture while making its way from Rajasthan.
Some activity over Punjab and a partly cloudy weather in Delhi on Saturday has kind of abated the heat wave. High temperatures and the available moisture in the atmosphere could lead to dust storm followed by light rain during post noon or evening hours till the 24th of June. Day temperatures are expected to come down and remain around 41°C for the next 3 days.
On the 25th the intensity of rain is expected to increase. The trough of low along the foothills of the Himalayas from Bay of Bengal to Punjab across east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, may slightly shift south, towards Delhi to bring rain in the city.
