Delhi rains: The national capital region woke up to pleasant weather after receiving light rainfall today (June 25) morning bringing respite from the scorching heat. Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) predicted, light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi during the next few hours.
Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over East Central and parts of Northwest India, including the national capital, during the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
"Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated thunderstorm and lightning very likely over the western Himalayan region during June 24-28, and over the plains of northwest India (except west Rajasthan) during June 25-28. Isolated Heavy to Very Heavy rainfall with Extremely Heavy Falls very likely over Uttarakhand on June 25. Isolated heavy/very heavy rainfall very likely over Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh during June 24-28.
Gurugram waterlogging:
Isolated heavy rainfall over West Uttar Pradesh during June 24-26; over East Uttar Pradesh on June 25-26; over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi on June 25 and 26 and East Rajasthan during June 25-28," the IMD said in a statement.
Delhi temperature:
The minimum temperature settled at 23.7 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to the Safdarjung Observatory, the city received 48.3 mm of rainfall in a 24-hour period till 8.30 am.
The relative humidity was recorded at 100 per cent at 8.30 am, the weather office said. It predicted generally cloudy skies with moderate rainfall for Sunday and said the maximum temperature would hover around 32 degrees Celsius.
On Saturday, the maximum temperature in the national capital settled at 37.2 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature at 30.4 degrees Celsius.
(With agencies inputs)
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