Monsoon rains continue to play games with the capital of the country. In the sense that, it was on rare instances that the region observed good sum of rainfall, particularly in the month of August.
In the last 24 hours as well, both Palam and Safdarjung observatories remained rain free. In fact, Delhi and NCR region remained dry since the last 72 hours.
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There are substantial reasons for these weather conditions prevailing across the area, the axis of Monsoon trough continues to run along the foothills of Himalayas across north of Delhi. And, dry westerly winds are gusting over the region.
Click the image above to see the live lightning and thunderstorm across Delhi NCR
As per Skymet Weather, rain and thundershowers are not predictable over Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Faridabad for at least next 24 to 48 hours. So, dry and warm weather will continue and day and no major change is likely in day as well as night temperatures.
On August 15, India will celebrate its 70th Independence Day. On this day, weatherman expects no significant turn in the prevailing weather situation over Delhi and NCR. The day will remain dry with clear sky and bright sunshine. Thus, the sky will be full of countless kites and the Indian flags all across will be hoisted, with rain gods not playing spoil sport.
Furthermore, the axis of Monsoon trough is likely to shift towards south of Delhi around August 19. Along with this, wind pattern will change from westerly to easterly. This may end up bringing some good spells over Delhi as well as its adjoining regions.
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