Delhi weather: Rain lashed parts of Delhi early on Friday, with the weather office forecasting more showers later in the day.
Weather department officials said an active western disturbance and its interaction with easterly winds were causing light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms over northwest and central India, including the NCR areas of Delhi.
The observatory at Safdarjung, the national capital’s primary weather station, recorded 1.8 mm rainfall between 2:30 am and 5:30 am, and 7.3 mm after that till 8:30 am.
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The Palam weather station recorded 11.3 mm rainfall, followed by Lodhi Road at 6.8 mm, and Pusa at 5.5 mm.
At 10 AM, the met office stated, “Light to moderate rainfall accompanied with light thunderstorm and lightning is very likely to occur at entire Delhi and NCR , Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Narwana, Karnal, Rajaund, Assandh, Safidon, Barwala, Jind, Panipat, Adampur, Hissar, Gohana, Gannaur, Hansi, Meham, Sonipat, Tosham, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Mahendargarh, Sohana, Rewari, Palwal, Narnaul, Bawal, Nuh (Haryana) Gangoh, Deoband, Nazibabad, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Kandhla, Bijnaur, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Hastinapur, Chandpur, Baraut, Daurala, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Sikandrabad (U.P.) Bhiwari, Tizara, Khairthal, Kotputli (Rajasthan) . Light to moderate rainfall is very likely to occur aT Yamunanagar, Fatehabad (Haryana) Saharanpur (U.P.) . Light rainfall/drizzle is very likely to occur at Siwani, Loharu (Haryana) Amroha, Siyana, Bulandshahar (U.P.) Pilani (Rajasthan)”.
The Met office has forecast generally cloudy skies with light to moderate rain during the day.
The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 11 degrees Celsius, 2.8 notches above normal.
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The air quality at 9 am was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category, with a reading of 372, according to Central Pollution Control Board data.
The 24-hour Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 345 at 4 pm on Thursday.
AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.
(With inputs from PTI)
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