The sudden morning showers led to a dip in the temperature, bringing relief to the Delhi residents facing sultry weather for a few days.
New Delhi, August 19:
Delhi and its neighbouring districts of Ghaziabad and Noida witnessed heavy rain in early hours of Wednesday. The sudden morning showers led to a dip in the temperature, bringing relief to the city residents who were facing sultry weather for a few days.
The Indian Metrological Department has predicted heavy rain and cloudy sky for the national capital today.
The rainfall led to waterlogging in some areas and key stretches of major roads in the city, news agency PTI reported.
The weather department also predicted light to moderate showers for the cities adjoining Delhi.
“Thunderstorm with Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of sambhal, Gulaoti, Siyana, Bulandshahar,Khurja, Kosli, Bawal, Nuh, Sohna, Palwal, Hodal, Faridabad, Gurugram, Manesar, Ballabhgarh, Faridabad,” the IMD tweeted.
Delhi traffic police also issued traffic alerts on their official Twitter handle.
The weather department also predicted rain for Kosli, Bawal, Nuh, Sohna, Palwal, Hodal, Faridabad, Gurugram, Manesar, Ballabhgarh and Faridabad.
Earlier, it had predicted moderate to heavy rains on Wednesday.
Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting centre of the IMD, told news agency PTI that the axis of monsoon will remain close to the national capital till Thursday.
Southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea and southeasterly winds from the Bay of Bengal are also feeding moisture to the region, he said.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, has recorded 139.2 mm rainfall against the normal of 157.1 mm in August so far, a deficiency of 11 per cent.
Overall, it has recorded 457.8 mm rainfall, six per cent more than the normal of 433.2 mm since June 1 when the monsoon season starts.
Skymet weather in a late night tweet said that Delhi and parts of northern India will witness rain for the next 24 hours.
The rain sent social media into overdrive, with many people sharing videos and images on Twitter and Facebook.
