Bring out rain gear as showers predicted in city from today
Lucknow: The city is likely to receive light rain and thunderstorms this week. According to weathermen, the temperatures will witness a fall in maximum temperatures in the coming days, with the possibility of light rain Monday onwards.
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After Wednesday, rainfall activity will increase, with one or two spells expected in a day.
On Sunday, maximum and minimum temperatures in the city were 39.9 and 26.2 degrees Celsius, respectively. On Monday, there is a possibility of a thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty winds (speed 40-50 km/h) towards evening or night.
"There is a possibility of rain in isolated parts of the state. Rainfall activity already began in the northern part of the state.
There are also cloud masses that can result in rain. Cloud mass is when a cloud's water droplets or ice crystals become heavy enough, they fall to the earth due to gravity, resulting in precipitation," said Mohammad Danish, senior scientist at state met department.
He predicted that on Monday, it would be a partly cloudy sky, becoming generally cloudy with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers. Maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 39 and 29 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Meanwhile, in the state, there will be thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds (speed 40-50 km/h) at isolated places in West UP. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds (speed 40-50 km/h) are very likely at a few places in East UP.
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