IMD predicts light rains at Red Fort on Independence Day morning

India

pti-PTI

New
Delhi,
Aug
14:
The
weather
office
has
forecast
light
rain
and
strong
winds
on
Monday
morning
in
the
area
surrounding
the
Red
Fort
where
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
will
hoist
the
national
flag
to
mark
the
76th
Independence
Day.

In
a
special
forecast,
the
India
Meteorological
Department
(IMD)
said
the
Red
Fort
area
could
experience
a
generally
cloudy
sky
with
light
rain
in
the
morning
hours
between
6
AM
and
12
noon.
“Strong
wind
occasionally
speed
reaching
20-30
km
per
hour
likely
to
prevail
during
forenoon,”
the
weather
forecast
said.

The
minimum
temperature
on
Monday
morning
was
expected
to
be
in
the
range
of
25-27
degrees
Celsius,
it
said,
adding
that
the
mercury
could
touch
36
degrees
Celsius
during
the
day.
The
weather
office
has
also
forecast
generally
cloudy
sky
with
light
rain
over
the
Red
Fort
area
from
Sunday
midnight
till
6
AM.

The
weather
office
started
issuing
three-hourly
nowcast
for
the
region
from
Sunday
afternoon.
Parts
of
the
national
capital
received
light
rains
on
Sunday
with
Palam
reporting
10.8
mm
rainfall
between
8:30
AM
and
6:30
PM
followed
by
Lodhi
Road
and
Ridge
(6.4
mm
each),
Pusa
(4.5
mm)
and
Ayanagar
(3.1
mm),
the
weather
office
said.

The
maximum
temperature
reported
in
the
national
capital
on
Sunday
was
34
degrees
Celsius,
while
the
mercury
settled
at
27.1
degrees
Celsius
in
the
morning.