“Monsoon has already retreated from the ever so dry and hot, west Rajasthan. After light monsoon showers expected till the 13th of September in Ludhiana, entire Punjab will also become dry. Then follows Haryana and Delhi, where the days will be extremely warm and uncomfortable. Cool mornings and breezy nights will be the only relief”, shares Mahesh Palawat, Head of the Metereological team at Skymet Weather.
Maximums are already higher than the normal average in the plains of north and northwest India. Mercury levels in west Rajasthan, the very first in the queue to experience dry days, are already hovering around 40 degrees for the last two weeks.
Delhi too has witnessed a rise in the maximum temperature by about 2 to 3 degrees in the last 48 to 72 hours. Our weathermen tell us, temperatures will rise further in the capital, thankfully, not very sharply. Tomorrow, the day temperature is expected to settle at around 36 degrees in Delhi, as well as in parts of Punjab, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh.
“Cloudy weather and light rain will continue in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand due to a western disturbance. Therefore, northwesterly winds from the hills of north India are affecting the plains, making early mornings and nights quite cool and pleasant. Minimum temperature in Delhi and its adjoining areas will settle between 24 to 26 degrees for the remaining month of September”, added Mahesh Palawat.
“Our weather models hardly show any rain in Delhi and north India till the end of September. But we still cannot rule out the possibility of light rain in some pockets, in case of the sudden cloud (cumulonimbus) development. This will hardly bring any change in the weather condition”, explains Makarand Kulkarni, Chief of Statistical Research, at Skymet.
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