New Delhi: Delhi-NCR on Thursday witnessed a sudden change in weather as the area welcomed hovering dark clouds that brought light rain and gusty winds. The sudden change in the weather was a relief to the people stuck in homes due to the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. The morning was warm with the minimum temperature settling at 26 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average and the maximum temperature around 39 degrees Celsius, according to the weather department.
On Wednesday, Delhi recorded a maximum of 40.5 degrees Celsius. The MeT officials had said that the temperature would drop below 40 in the coming days due to light rain and gusty winds.
#WATCH | Delhi witnesses a sudden change in weather. Visuals from Pandit Pant Marg and Raisina Road. pic.twitter.com/IlqamXYJGE
— ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2021
Delhi witnesses a change in weather. IMD forecasts 'thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain with gusty wind speed 25-45 kmph would occur over of few places of South, South-West, West, North-West Delhi during next 2 hours'.
Visuals from Hanuman Road area. pic.twitter.com/lfjd7yKDez
— ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2021
Nowcast-3
Parched #DelhiRains & #Haryana receiving rains.
Core Action of Strong winds (50-80km/h) along with intense Thundershowers or #Hailstorm shifts in #Karnal #Panipat #Ambala #Yamunanagar #Kurukshetra #Panchkula #Chandigarh #Mohali #Baghpat #Shamli #Saharanpur in 2-3 hrs. pic.twitter.com/ocx2MMY9wC— Weatherman Navdeep Dahiya (@navdeepdahiya55) May 6, 2021
I just hope this downpour brings back the state of normalcy!#DelhiRains
— Yatharth Arora (@YatharthArora8) May 6, 2021
Clouds are back, will they bring hope along?#DelhiRains #clouds pic.twitter.com/i5aO2yqtq9
— Rainman (@indrajitch) May 6, 2021
Meanwhile, extended forecast suggests that monsoon will arrive in Kerala around June 1, its normal onset date, said M Rajeevan, the secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, on Thursday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) will issue an official monsoon forecast on May 15, he said.
“Monsoon 2021 update: India MET department extended range forecast suggests monsoon will arrive over Kerala on time, around 1 June. This is an early indication. India MET department official monsoon forecast on 15 May and rainfall forecast update around May 31,” he tweeted.