Updated on June 28, 03:40 PM: Delhi Rains: 15 mm in three hours; Monsoon inching closer
The most awaited Delhi rains as predicted by Skymet Weather showed up today during the late morning hours. In fact, most parts of Delhi and NCR like Noida, Faridabad, and Gurugram observed moderate showers that kept on lashing the region for a good two to three hours.
This can be proved that spanning from 11:30 am until 2:30 pm, Delhi’s Safdarjung Observatory recorded 15 mm of showers. While the Palam observatory during the same time frame observed 6 mm of rains.
These rains bought a sigh of relief for the Delhiites from the ongoing heat.
Updated on June 28, 10:23 AM: Rains to drench Delhi NCR today, Monsoon to arrive in 24-48 hrs
Delhi rains have made a comeback, with few areas recording very light rainfall during the early morning hours of Wednesday. This has ushered huge relief from the hot and humid weather. For the last 48 hours, Delhiites has been battling extremely high levels of humidity along with near 40°C day maximums.
However, these rains have brought immense relief for the people across the state. At present also, sky conditions are cloudy and weather is extremely pleasant.
According to Skymet Weather, this change in the weather conditions can be attributed the trough running north of Delhi. Till now, this trough was running south of Delhi but the passage of fresh Western Disturbance has pulled the trough northwards now.
This east-west trough is semi-permanent feature during the Monsoon season, which keeps on oscillating north-south. This oscillation of trough is primarily responsible for Monsoon rains across the northwestern plains along with East India during the season.
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Further weathermen predict that we are expecting few short spells of rain and thundershowers over Delhi NCR today.
With the trough getting more marked, intensity of spread of rains is likely to increase by tomorrow and on and off rains will continue for at least 4-5 days.
These rains will also be also be responsible for the onset of Monsoon over Delhi during the next 24-48 hours. Normal date of arrival of Monsoon is around June 28 and delay of a day or two is considered to be normal.
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