Pre-Monsoon rain in Delhi makes weather pleasant, mercury drops to 25°C
As predicted by Skymet Weather, good pre-Monsoon rains lashed several parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday afternoon. Most places such as Saket, R K Puram, Green Park, Gurugram and Noida have recorded light to moderate rain and thundershowers.
Few areas have also recorded some heavy spell short duration. These rains were also accompanied with squally winds.
As a result, weather in Delhi has gone extremely pleasant, with day maximums dropping significantly. The mercury that had reached 35°C around 11 am, is presently hovering around 25°C.
Day will continue to be pleasant with not much rise in temperature profile, predict weathermen. We expect maximum temperatures to settle not beyond 35°C on Wednesday.
Delhi’s scintillating heat has always been well known. In fact, the summer heat of the national capital in the month of May until June is scorching enough to make it difficult for the Delhiites to face the sun. Though the recent rainy spells gave a pleasant weekend to Delhi and NCR.
From the last 48 hours, Delhi and adjoining regions have seen dry weather, however, now rains are likely to arrive in Delhi and NCR almost anytime soon.
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As per Skymet Weather, a cyclonic circulation is seen over North Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab. A trough is also seen extending from this system across Delhi. Moreover, the Western Disturbance as an upper air cyclonic circulation is seen over Jammu and Kashmir.
The contribution of all these weather systems is expected to result in rains over Delhi and may also cover the nearby states like Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. Along with the scattered showers, squally winds may also affect the national capital and adjoining states.
Temperature is also expected to drop marginally over these areas. These scattered showers will occur in the next 4-6 hours during the late afternoon hours. These showers will affect the regions for at least 24 hours.
Moreover, Skymet further reiterates that if the rain intensity and spread happen to be less over Delhi and NCR, another short spell of rain during the late night hours can also occur.
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