IMD predicts more showers till March 20!
On Saturday, 18 March 2023, several parts of Delhi-NCR woke up to light rain, bringing respite from the humid weather.
On Friday, the National Capital also witnessed cloudy skies and chilled winds in several parts.
The Indian Meteorological Department said that most parts of India would witness rainfall and thunderstorms from March 17 to March 20.
According to the IMD, “Scattered to fairly light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, and lightning is likely over the Western Himalayan Region and Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, UP, and Rajasthan on March 17-20.”
Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 18.2 degrees Celsius, two degrees above normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The relative humidity at 8:30 is 9 percent.
"A fresh patch of clouds is observed towards south Delhi, leading to the possibility of thunderstorms with light rain over south Delhi during the next 2 hours," IMD said.
Satellite pic shows clouds over North India; rain to lash Delhi, and Mumbai in next 3-5 days.
“Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of a few places of Delhi (Akshardham, Palam, Safdarjung, Lodi Road, Vasant Vihar, R K Puram, IGNOU, Ayanagar, Deramandi), Yamunanagar, Narwana, Barwala (Haryana) Saharanpur, Deoband, Nazibabad, Kandhla, Bijnaur, Hastinapur, Chandpur (UP),” IMD predicted.
This morning, Ghaziabad also received light rain with high wind speed.
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