Pleasant Sunday morning as Delhi-NCR wakes up to rain

NEW DELHI: Residents of the national capital and its adjoining areas woke up to light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorm on Sunday.

Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecast light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds over most places of Delhi and its adjoining areas.

"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi (Safdarjung, Lodi Road, IGI Airport, Ayanagar), NCR (Loni Dehat, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Sohana, Palwal, Nuh, Aurangabad (Haryana)", IMD informed in a statement.
The agency added that some parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will also receive moderate-intensity rain on Sunday.
"Gulaoti, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar, Jahangirabad, Shikarpur, Khurja, Pahasu, Debai, Gabhana, Jattari, Atrauli, Khair, Aligarh (UP) Bhiwari, Tizara (Rajasthan) during the next 2 hours", IMD said.

The daytime temperature in the city is likely to reach 41 degrees Celsius by June 8, according to the weather department.
According to the India Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature on Saturday was recorded at 36 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal.
IMD’s forecast shows that the maximum temperature will hover around 39 degrees Celsius on Monday and Tuesday. However, it is predicted to touch 40 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. The daytime temperature is expected to reach 42 degrees Celsius on Friday.
Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘moderate’ category with an Air Quality Index of 121 on Saturday.