New Delhi: Delhiites today woke up to a rainy morning with the minimum temperature settling at 24 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal. Maximum temperature is likely to hover around 39 degrees Celsius.
The Met office forecast a partly cloudy day with possibility of dust storm followed by rain in the evening.
The Met office also forecasted heavy rains at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and South Interior Karnataka.
Meanwhile, traffic moved at snail's pace as a thunder-storm followed by rain brought the entire city to a halt, blocking traffic and interrupting regular movement at most places.
Motorists were seen having a harrowing time as traffic slowed down on major intersections, including those leading to Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad. Traffic came to a standstill at several places with Shanti Path, Sardar Patel Marg, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi cantonment, Mahipalpur-Badarpur road, Ring Road, IIT-flyover, South extension and Ashram crossing in south Delhi witnessing the worst.
Heavy traffic was witnessed on Outer Ring Road as the commuters tried taking detours to reach their destinations during the peak hour.
Thunderstorm accompanied by squall is also likely to occur at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
Owing to bad weather condition, more than 25 flights were diverted from Delhi yesterday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flight from Karnataka was diverted from Delhi to Jaipur, but landed in the national capital at around 12:10 am.
Yesterday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 41.5 and 31.6 degrees Celsius.
(With Agency)
