Rain lashes parts of Delhi, brings mercury down

NEW DELHI: Parts of Delhi witnessed heavy rain on Thursday. Areas including Uttam Nagar, Vikas Puri received heavy showers while Kalkaji, Kalkaji Extension, Tughlaqabad Extention, Govindpuri witnessed drizzle for about 15 minutes.
The sudden change in weather brought respite from hot and humid conditions in the capital.
Respite from heat wave conditions till June 10
Delhiites will get respite from heat wave conditions till June 10 owing to southwesterly winds bringing moisture to Delhi-NCR, the MeT department officials have said.
According to Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the India Meteorological Department's regional forecasting centre here, a fresh western disturbance has started affecting northwest India from June 3.
The south westerly winds (through Rajasthan), in association with cyclone, have brought moisture to Delhi-NCR and north west India from Wednesday.
"The combined effect big of southwesterly winds and western disturbance will lead to thunderstorm with light to moderate rain accompanied with squally winds (50-60 kmph) over Delhi NCR and North west India starting from today till June 5 with peak activity on June 4," he said.
(With inputs from PTI)