Met dept extends rain, storm warning; AQI improves
New Delhi: A day after strong squally winds hit the city, the weather department issued a warning of another thunderstorm with rain in the region for an additional day. A yellow alert was issued for storms and gusty winds reaching up to 60kmph on Monday and Tuesday. However, until 8pm, no major weather activity was observed on Monday.
A weather scientist noted that as per the radar imagery around 5pm, a cloud cluster moved towards Delhi. "But the latest imagery suggests that the cloud cluster has moved southeast of Delhi and is currently causing hailstorm activity over Nuh, Alwar, Bharatpur, etc," said Krishna Mishra, a scientist at India Meteorological Department, adding that there were chances that Delhi might also experience strong winds.
Rain is expected on Wednesday, too, but no colour-coded warning has been issued yet. "Very light to light rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds with speeds of 40-50kmph, temporarily reaching up to 60kmph, is likely over many places in Delhi," forecast IMD.
On Monday, the city's base station, Safdarjung, recorded the maximum temperature at 36.1 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, against 37.9 degrees on Sunday. The minimum temperature was 22.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, against 27.2 degrees a day before. The humidity oscillated between 95% and 46%. The winds remained southwesterly, with the speed up to 15kmph. According to IMD, the maximum temperature on Tuesday is expected to be 35-37 degrees Celsius.
On Sunday, the city logged 16.8mm rainfall, with very strong winds that reached up to 92kmph at Palam, resulting in the delay and diversion of several flights. The weather department expects southwesterly winds to bring additional moisture, which may lead to a thunderstorm and squally winds.
Meanwhile, the city's air quality improved within the moderate category. The air quality index, on a scale of 0 to 500, was 158 against 197 a day earlier. According to the advance weather early warning system, AQI is likely to remain moderate till June 5. In the next six days, the air quality is likely to be in the moderate to poor category, EWS predicted.
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