Delhi witnessed rainfall on Thursday, which dropped temperatures by four to six degrees Celsius. The India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for the city, warning of heavy showers and gusty winds. The rain also improved air quality, as the AQI fell to 149 from 181 recorded a day before.
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Delhi on Thursday witnessed rainfall which plummeted the temperatures during the day by four to six degrees Celsius. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for the city, warning of moderate to heavy showers, lightning, and squally winds.
The rain also led to an improvement in the Capital's air quality, bringing the AQI to 149 on Thursday from 181 recorded a day before.
According to the IMD bulletin, maximum temperatures settled between 27 and 28 degrees Celsius across major weather stations. Safdarjung, the city's base station, recorded 15.9 mm of rainfall while Ridge logged the maximum rainfall at 25.2 mm. Lodi Road recorded 20 mm, Palam stood at 11.2 mm, and Ayanagar followed with 7.2 mm.
The weather shift, according to officials, was driven by multiple weather systems, notably a Western Disturbance that persisted as a cyclonic circulation over north Punjab and its neighbourhood.
An upper-air cyclonic circulation was also present over south Haryana and its neighbourhood, while a low-pressure area extended from northeast Uttar Pradesh to the East-Central Arabian Sea across East Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Strong surface winds sweeping across the Capital blew at a speed of 20-30 kmph, gusting up to 50 to 60 kmph, IMD officials said.
The Regional Meteorological Centre has forecast generally cloudy skies for the night with continued spells of light rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds blowing at 40-50 kmph, and gusting up to 60 kmph. Similar conditions are expected to linger through Friday morning and noon before tapering off, according to the weather department.
The weather bulletin added that skies are likely to clear up heading into the weekend, with day-time temperatures expected to gradually rise to 31-33 degrees.