After recording the seasons highest maximum temperature on Friday at 39.2˚C, most parts in the capital city, Delhi continued to witness heat wave like condition and day temperatures were settling between 38˚C to 40˚C.
But as predicted by Skymet Weather, yesterday towards the later parts of the day, seasons first significant and widespread dust storm activity was witnessed in parts of Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Faridabad.
These weather activities were followed by rain and thundershowers. In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Sunday, Delhi’s Palam Observatory recorded 6.6 mm of rain, followed by Safdarjung 6.2 mm, Ridge 5.6 mm and Ayanagar 1.8 mm.
Moreover, high velocity winds were also observed in most parts of the National Capital Region. Palam was experiencing winds in excess of 50 kmph around 8:00 PM. In the wake of such weather conditions, the visibility levels in Palam area dropped to 1 KM and temperatures also witnessed significant drop of about 7˚C, as from 30˚C it reached to 23˚C.
Thereafter, due to widespread dust storm, rains and strong winds, the night observed comfortable weather conditions in Delhi and NCR. Minimum temperature settled around 20˚C yesterday.
At present, the feeble Western Disturbance persists over parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Its induced cyclonic circulation is seen over Northeast Rajasthan. Both these weather systems will now move eastwards but stay close to the proximity of Delhi-NCR.
Therefore, today towards late afternoon and evening hours, dust storm accompanied with patchy rains and strong winds will affect over parts of Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Faridabad. Despite weather activities maximum temperatures of the region will continue to rise and settle near normal or slightly above normal i.e. between 36˚C and 37˚C.
Further, in the coming days, maximum temperatures over the National Capital Region will continue to rise and may once again come under heat wave like condition soon.
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