Monsoon likely to reach Delhi by June 15, 12 days ahead of schedule
India | June 11, 2021 22:32 ISTIn 2008, too, the wind system had reached Delhi on June 15, said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre.
In 2008, too, the wind system had reached Delhi on June 15, said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre.
On Saturday, the monsoon has extended in the entire coastal Karnataka and Goa, some parts of Maharashtra, most parts north interior Karnataka, some parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, more parts of Tamil Nadu and the central Bay of Bengal and some parts of the northeast Bay of Bengal, the IMD said.
They were speaking at a webinar organised by the Kochi-based Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute as part of observing World Environment Day today.
Temperatures are likely to rise by three to four degrees Celsius over most parts of northwest India in the next three days due to increase in moisture and variable wind direction, said India Meteorological Department (IMD).
India Meteorological Department (IMD) Scientist Kuldeep Srivastava on June 01 on informing about the Delhi weather said, "This is the coolest May since 2008.
Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur in parts of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in the next few hours, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday morning.
PM Modi undertook an aerial survey of the parts of Odisha and West Bengal which have been impacted by the Cyclone Yaas. Odisha government demanded long term solutions to mitigate problems caused by the repeated cyclones and provision of disaster resilient power systems.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengal’s Kalaikunda and submitted preliminary report on damages caused by Cyclone Yaas. However, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar criticised Banerjee for skipping review meet with Modi.
The minimum temperature settled at 22.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season's average, while the humidity at 5:30 pm was 22 per cent, it said.
Very severe cyclonic storm Yaas is now about 30km south-southeast of Balasore. The landfall process started around 9am. It will take around 2 hours to complete. Over 11.5 lakh people were evacuated from vulnerable places in West Bengal ahead of the cyclone.
The India Meteorological Department said ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ Yaas has made landfall close to north of Dhamra port and south of Balasore district in Odisha at 9 am on Wednesday. As the storm is relatively a large sized system, the landfall can take several hours to complete. Wind speeds ranging between 140 and 155 kms are being reported from the coastal districts.
The IMD has issued an orange colour-coded warning for National Capital Region (NCR) for Wednesday with a forecast of rains and squally winds of 50-60 kilometres per hour.
Noida witnessed sudden change in weather on May 09. Heavy rain and hailstorm hit the city. The change in weather brought respite to citizens from scorching heat.
Delhi-Noida-Gurugram and nearby areas witnessed a sudden change in weather experiencing gusty winds, with dark clouds hovering around, dropping the temperature in the national capital.
It was a warm Thursday morning in Delhi with minimum temperature settling at 26.2 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average.
Both minimum and maximum temperatures improved across J&K and Ladakh on Saturday as the meteorological (MET) department forecast dry weather during the next 24 hours.
January and February were the third and second warmest winter months in 121 years in terms of mean and minimum temperatures respectively, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) report said on Tuesday.
The latest winter storm to wallop the Northeast shut down vaccination sites and snarled other pandemic-related services in many states that could see as much as a foot of snow by Monday evening.
Srinagar residents woke up to a chilly morning with -8.8 degree Celsius on January 31. Heavy snowfall in the city plummeted the temperature.
Cold conditions continued to persist in parts of Rajasthan on Sunday with the mercury settling at minus two degrees Celsius in Mount Abu, the only hill station in the state.
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