Mandous rain trail leaves Hyderabad drenched in December

HYDERABAD: Travellers and motorists faced troubles owing to Cyclone Mandous induced weather changes, which saw the Greater Hyderabad region remain under a dense cloud cover throughout Sunday and occasional drizzles accompanied by strong winds in the early part of the day, which gave way to a heavy rain around 9pm.
There were widespread rains across the city overnight. On Sunday, Trimulgherry witnessed rains throughout the day and recorded the highest rainfall at 7mm. It was followed by Alwal with 6.8mm and Charminar with 6.3mm rainfall. Falaknuma also saw over 6.3mm rains as of 10pm on Sunday.
By evening, nearly 73 locations across the city saw over 2mm rainfall. However, despite the clouds and chilly winds, temperatures remained largely above normal, owing to higher moisture content. The highest temperature recorded was 26 degree Celsius and minimum 19.2 degree Celsius in the city. The minimum temperatures were nearly 3.1-5.2 degree Celsius above the normal range. On Friday for instance, the lowest recorded temperature in Hyderabad was 12.4 degree Celsius.
While the city experienced cool winds and light drizzles, south and central Telangana saw an intensified impact of the cyclone. Yelkapalle in Asifabad saw 46.5mm rainfall up to 10pm on Sunday. Kagaznagar received 33.3mm rainfall, followed by Yadadri at 26.5mm. Other districts like Gadwal, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Mahbubabad, Nalgonda and Adilabad districts witnessed drizzles.
"The rains are largely over as the depression formed on Saturday has become a low pressure," said an official from India Meteorological Department. "Now the low-pressure area over Tamil Nadu and adjoining south parts of Karnataka and Northern Kerala have become less marked, so Telangana too will receive less rains. Now, mainly low-level rain bearing winds will prevail over the state, which will continue to bring occasional drizzles."
With this forecast, the IMD however has continued its 'yellow alert' for some locations across Telangana, which implies chances of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning. These could possibly occur anywhere from Nizamabad, Ranagreddy, Vikarabad to places in southern and central Telangana, the IMD predicted.
While travellers had to brave the rain and winds, many citizens were seen enjoying the weather conditions around lake sides in the city. Several took to social media about the unpredictable weather, which ranged from cold, to wet and to warm in a single day. Some others raised concerns over the rain forecast with many events, including weddings lined up in the city. "Many marriages in Hyderabad on December 14, any chance of rains on that day?" tweeted @Bhushan_ahd.
"Rains in #Hyderabad are like hot coffee on ice cream. I love them both. Just not together!" tweeted @DGeethaMadhuri, a netizen.