Delhi: Rain in the air, IMD issues orange alert for Monday

NEW DELHI: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an ‘orange’ alert for Monday as moderate rain and gusty winds are expected in the city.
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Between 8.30am and 5.30pm on Friday, Najafgarh and Mayur Vihar stations recorded 2mm and 0.5mm rainfall respectively. According to IMD, the monsoon trough at mean sea level is passing through Anupgarh, Sawai Madhopur, Jhansi, Rewa, Ambikapur, Chaibasa, centre of well-marked low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal. “The intensity of rain activity is more in central India as compared with northwest India,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist at IMD and head of Regional Weather Forecasting Centre.
The forecast of Met department said the formation of thundery development is likely over the weekend, but there is a less possibility of rain on Saturday and Sunday. “Very light to light rainfall at isolated places likely to continue till July 25, and will increase from July 26,” according to IMD’s bulletin released on Friday.
“The rain is likely to pick up again from Monday as moderate showers are expected at several areas of the capital. Gusty winds at the speeds of 30-40 kmph are predicted over the capital on Monday,” said an official. The Met department predicted that Delhi may receive light to moderate rain on Tuesday, and there is a possibility of very light rain on Wednesday and Thursday.
On Friday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 34.8 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature settled at 26.3 degrees, one degree below normal. The relative humidity oscillated between 94% and 64%. Delhi’s air continued to remain in the ‘satisfactory’ category with an overall AQI of 68. System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research, the forecasting body under the Union ministry of earth sciences, said, “Widespread rainfall has influenced AQI positively. It is likely to remain in satisfactory or good category in the next two days.”