Heavy rain in Delhi reduces mercury levels amid cold winter; more showers expected

Delhiites woke up to heavy downpours accompanied by thunderstorms on Thursday morning as the national capital continues to experience a biting winter. Sudden showers caused the maximum temperature to drop to nearly 12 degrees Celsius in many areas of the capital, a sharp drop in temperature.

Rainfall that started on Wednesday afternoon caused road congestion and waterlogging, causing greater hardship to citizens who were already facing cold weather.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rainfall will occur at a few places in Delhi (Narela, Bawana, Alipur, Burari, Rohini, Karawal Nagar), NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF) and adjoining areas . station, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chapraura, Noida, Gurugram, Manesar).

Improvement of fog conditions

Fog and visibility improved in the national capital early on Thursday morning. The weather forecast agency predicts that after February 4th and 5th, the weather in Delhi will change significantly and the fog concentration will decrease significantly.

Light to moderate rain in nearby areas of Delhi

The Regional Meteorological Center in Delhi has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate rainfall in parts of Delhi and adjoining areas – Mundaka, Punjab Bagh, Jafarpur, Nazarfgarh, Dwarka, Delhi Cantt, Palam, IGI Airport, Arya Nagar, Dramandi), NCR (Gurgaon), Jhajjar and Farukhnagar (Haryana).

The IMD had earlier said that light to moderate scattered to considerable rainfall is likely to occur over Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and Delhi between January 31 and February 1, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajah Stanbang also has scattered to scattered rainfall. The release further stated that there is no forecast of cold wave in any part of the country during the next five days.

Rain and snowfall in northern India

Affected by two western disturbances, heavy rainfall occurred. Apart from the national capital, western Himalayan regions including Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand also witnessed rainfall and snowfall activities.

Meanwhile, according to IMD, small to moderate large-scale outbreaks have occurred in parts of Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarbad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand Scope of snow is likely to continue over the next five days.