The national capital will receive rains, accompanied by thunderstorm, in the next two hours, an update published by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) read at 3.33 pm Tuesday.
In a relief to Delhiites from sultry weather conditions, several parts of the national capital received incessant rainfall on Tuesday morning.
Delhi is expected to receive moderate rain during the day, while maximum temperature may settle around 34 degrees Celsius, it said.
The IMD predicted light rains for several parts of the national capital
Delhi has been witnessing incessant rains since the wee hours today. Rains delayed the break of dawn with clouds hovering over and now, waterlogging seems to have become a common problem across the city and adjoining areas. Visuals from several areas of Delhi like Palam, Pragati Maidan, ITO, Dhaula Kuan etc show severe waterlogging due to perpetual rains since morning.
The maximum temperature in the national capital settled at 36.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, two notches above normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Monsoon rains hit the city on Tuesday after a long wait and brought 29 mm of rainfall on the first day. According to officials at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), more rain is expected during the day, with the maximum temperature expected to settle at around 34 degrees Celsius.
The weatherman has predicted a partly cloudy sky with light rain or thundershowers towards evening and night in the city. According to MeT officials, the maximum temperature would settle around 38 degrees Celsius.
"The monsoon is likely to advance over remaining parts of west Uttar Pradesh, some more parts of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and Delhi around July 10," the IMD said in a statement.
The last time the monsoon arrived so late in Delhi was on July 7 in 2012.
The MeT office had earlier predicted that the wind system may reach Delhi by June 15, which would have been 12 days early.
Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, said light rains are likely in Delhi-NCR around June 26 but the region will have to wait more for monsoonal showers.
The MeT Department on Sunday had said that the progress over parts of Rajasthan, western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Delhi was likely to be slow as "large-scale features were not favourable" for its advance.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday predicted light to moderate intensity rain with thunderstorms over parts of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in the next two hours.
Moderate intensity rain and gusty winds reaching up to 40 kmph are predicted in the city on Monday as a precursor to the southwest monsoon.
Light rains occurred in parts of the national capital on Saturday night, bringing the mercury down to 31.2 degrees Celsius. By late evening, the maximum temperature had settled at 34.4 degrees Celsius with a moderate humidity level, making the weather a bit pleasant.
Delhiites experienced a sultry Friday and the maximum temperature settled at 39 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average, the Met office said.
According to IMD, Delhi is expected to receive light rains or drizzle by Monday evening.
A Delhi bound Air India flight was diverted to Jaipur due to the inclement weather.
Delhi on Friday recorded a minimum temperature of 26.1 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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