Moderate to heavy rain lashes parts of Delhi-NCR

NEW DELHI: Moderate to heavy rain lashed parts of the national capital region on Wednesday morning.
"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Sambhal, Gulaoti, Siyana, Bulandshahar,Khurja, Kosli, Bawal, Nuh, Sohna, Palwal, Hodal, Faridabad, Gurugram, Manesar, Ballabhgarh, Faridabad, Noida, Baraut, Bagpat, Khatoli, Amroha, Moradabad, Meerut, Khurja, few places of entire Delhi during next 2 hours," tweeted IMD at 6.25am on Wednesday morning.

Even as the India Meteorological Department issued a three-day “orange” alert for Delhi on Monday, only light spells of rain were witnessed in isolated parts of the city on Tuesday. The maximum temperature recorded at 35 degree Celsius — one degree above normal for this time of the year, while the humidity varied between 72% and 98% during the last 24-hour period.

Delhi has, so far, received “normal” rain, with the earlier deficit wiped out by last Thursday’s spell, which was the heaviest of the season.

Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting centre of the IMD, said that the axis of monsoon will remain close to the national capital till Thursday.
Southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea and southeasterly winds from the Bay of Bengal are also feeding moisture to the region, he said.

The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, has recorded 139.2mm rainfall against the normal of 157.1mm in August so far, a deficiency of 11 per cent.
Overall, it has recorded 457.8mm rainfall, six per cent more than the normal of 433.2mm since June 1 when the monsoon season starts.

“From early morning on Wednesday, we are expecting moderate rainfall in most parts of Delhi, while some regions may receive heavy rain,” he added.

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