Heavy Rainfall in Delhi Drops Mercury Amid Bone-Chilling Winters; More Showers Expected

Delhiites woke up to heavy downpours accompanied by thunderstorms on Thursday morning amid the ongoing bone-chilling winter in the national capital. The unexpected showers led to a severe drop in mercury as the city’s maximum temperature dropped to nearly 12 degrees Celsius in several parts of the national capital.

The rainfall that started on Wednesday afternoon resulted in road blockages and a waterlogging situation, increasing the difficulty for the people of the city already facing the cold weather conditions.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of Delhi (Narela, Bawana, Alipur, Burari, Rohini, Karawal Nagar), NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Gurugram, Manesar).

Improvement in Fog Situation

Improvement was witnessed in the fog situation and the visibility of the national capital earlier on Thursday morning. The weather forecasting agency predicted noticeable changes in Delhi weather after February 4 and 5 with a significant reduction in the density of fog.

Light to Moderate Rainfall Over Adjoining Areas of Delhi

The Regional Meteorological Centre in Delhi forecasted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain over and adjoining areas of a few places of Delhi – Mundaka, Punjabi Bagh, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Dwarka, Delhi Cantt, Palam, IGI Airport, Ayanagar, Deramandi), NCR (Gurugram) Jhajjar and Farukhnagar (Haryana).

The IMD had earlier said that light or moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is very likely over Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Delhi and isolated to scattered rainfall over Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan during January 31 and February 1. The release further stated that no cold wave conditions are expected over any part of the country during the next five days.

Rainfall and Snowfall in North India

The high-intensity rainfall occurred under the influence of two western disturbances. In addition to the national capital, the Western Himalayan Region, including Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, is also witnessing rainfall and snowfall activity.

Meanwhile, light to moderate fairly widespread to widespread snowfall in parts of Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarbad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand is likely to continue over the next five days, as per IMD.