Delhi gets moderate rain: Forecast

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Aug
05:
Parts
of
the
national
capital
received
moderate
rainfall
this
morning,
bringing
much-needed
respite
from
the
humid
temperature.

Light
to
moderate
rainfall
was
reported
in
Saket,
Malviya
Nagar,
Burari,
GTB
Nagar,
East
of
Kailash,
Lajpat
Nagar
and
Kailash
Hills
areas.

The
weather
office
has
predicted
light
to
moderate
intensity
intermittent
rain
in
Delhi
and
its
neighbouring
cities
in
the
next
few
hours,
news
agency
PTI
reported.

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police
block
Congress
march
to
gherao
PM
house;
Rahul
Gandhi
detained

“Thunderstorm
with
light
to
moderate
intensity
rain
would
occur
over
and
adjoining
areas
of
most
places
of
Delhi,
NCR
(Loni
Dehat,
Hindon
Air
Force
Station,
Noida,
Faridabad,
Ballabhgarh,
Manesar
Gurugram)
Rajaund,
Assandh,
Safidon,
Panipat,
Gohana,
Gannaur…
over
two
hours,”
IMD’s
Regional
Weather
Forecasting
Centre
(RWFC)
tweeted
around
10:50
am.

The
minimum
temperature
settled
at
one
notch
above
the
normal
at
26.5
degrees
Celsius,
according
to
the
India
Meteorological
Department
(IMD).

The
maximum
temperature
for
the
day
is
expected
to
settle
at
34
degrees
Celsius
in
the
capital.
The
relative
humidity
at
8:30
am
on
Friday
was
92
per
cent,
the
weather
office
said.

On
Thursday,
several
parts
of
the
national
capital
witnessed
rains
while
the
weather
office
has
predicted
more
rains
for
the
next
two
days.

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Areas that witnessed showers include isolated places in Lutyens Delhi near India Gate, Sansad Marg, ITO, Palam, Shahdara, Dilshad Garden, Ayanagar, Deramandi, Pitampura and Najafgarh.

The
weather
office
said
Delhi
received
0.8
mm
rainfall
in
the
24
hours
ending
8.30
am
on
Friday.