Monsoon is around the corner in Delhi as rain has already started to occur in pockets and is likely to pick up from Monday evening/night, spilling over to Tuesday morning. According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the weather in Delhi is expected to be cloudy all day on Monday and occasional showers could be witnessed at isolated pockets.
With early morning showers reported at Safdarjung Observatory in Delhi on Monday, the minimum slipped by two notches, settling at 28⁰C as opposed to 30⁰C on Sunday morning. Traces of rain were recorded at Safdarjung, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Ayanagar.
The maximum temperature in the city, which had been settling five to six notches above normal till Saturday, witnessed a drop on Sunday evening to record 40⁰C, though still two degrees above the normal average for the month.
But the day temperature in Delhi on Monday is expected to drop significantly and settle close to 35⁰C due to cloudy skies. This may drop even further by a degree on Tuesday. Till 10:30 am on Monday, the mercury had touched only 29⁰C at Safdarjung and 30⁰C at Palam.
Skymet had earlier (20th June) predicted good amounts of rain in Delhi this week. It was followed by another article on Sunday, 22nd June, where it was said that Monsoon is likely to make an early onset in Delhi with further advancement of Monsoon line into central Uttar Pradesh. Possibilities of an early arrival of Monsoon in Delhi were also discussed in the Monsoon foreshadow released by Skymet Weather in mid-April.
“With cloudy skies expected most of the times, rain in Delhi is likely to continue with varying intensity for the next three days. This is because of a Western Disturbance which is seen moving across the hills of Jammu and Kashmir and a circulation near central Pakistan and adjoining Rajasthan, which is feeding moist southwesterly winds to Delhi”, said AVM (Retd), G.P Sharma.
Further, rain may occur not just in Delhi but also in Punjab, Haryana, north Rajasthan and parts of west Uttar Pradesh, whihc would pull down the temperatures in these states too. Rajasthan has been one of the hottest states in India this summer and the maximum till Friday were seen exceeding 44⁰C.
