Delhi weather: Residents of Delhi woke up to a pleasant Thursday as a shift in conditions provided much-needed relief from the scorching heat gripping the region.
The national capital is expected to witness partly cloudy skies today, according to the India Meteorological Department, which will become generally cloudy in the afternoon. The Meteorological Department also issued an orange alert for the city.
Light rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is also likely, with strong surface winds of up to 50-70 kmph in the afternoon in the state, the IMD said.
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The Meteorological Department said that more rain accompanied by lightning, thunderstorms and dust storms are expected in the evening and night.
The maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi are likely to range between 39°C, 41°C and 30°C respectively, according to today’s IMD bulletin.
“Minimum and maximum temperatures will remain close to normal (-1.5°C to 1.5°C) in most places over Delhi,” news agency ANI reported.
During the last 24 hours, the maximum and minimum temperatures in Delhi ranged between 42-44°C and 28-31°C respectively.
The prevailing surface winds are expected to blow from the southwest at a speed of up to 20 kilometers per hour during the morning. The wind speed is likely to increase to about 25 kilometers per hour in the afternoon.
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By evening and night, the winds are expected to shift easterly and weaken to around 22 kilometers per hour, the IMD said.
Heavy rains in Kerala
The IMD on Thursday forecast heavy to very heavy rains in parts of Kerala and issued an orange alert for the state. It also said that heavy rains are likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha, western sub-Himalayas, Bengal and Sikkim.
The Meteorological Department issued an orange alert in Alappuzha and Kottayam for three hours in the morning and said there was a possibility of heavy rain and strong winds in parts of these two districts, PTI reported.
A day ago, the IMD forecast heavy to very heavy rain (7-20 cm) in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the next five to seven days.
Orange alert for Himachal Pradesh
Thunderstorms accompanied by hailstorms are expected over Himachal Pradesh on June 11 and 12, the IMD said, issuing an orange alert for the state.
The warning has been issued for Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla and Sirmaur districts, where wind speed is likely to range between 40 and 50 km per hour, the Meteorological Office said. A wet wave is also likely to occur in the state until June 16.
Sarahan received 30 mm of rainfall, followed by Palampur 9.4 mm, Rohru 8 mm, Manali 6 mm, Kotkhai 5.2 mm, Neri 2.5 mm, Shilaru and Bharmur 2 mm each, Sangla 1.2 mm, and Jot and Jogindernagar 1 mm each, according to PTI.
The IMD has also forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka, Gangetic West Bengal, Konkan, Goa, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, South Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.
Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are also likely to witness rains accompanied by thunderstorms and hailstorms.
Heavy rains in Tamil Nadu
Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds of 40-50 kmph are likely over the Western Ghats and several other parts of Tamil Nadu, according to a bulletin issued by the Regional Meteorological Center in Chennai, PTI reported.
The affected districts include Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Kalakurichi, Theni, Dindigul, Cuddalore and Mayiladuthurai.
The bulletin also stated that due to rainfall activity, a gradual decline in maximum temperatures is expected between May 11 and 14 across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.
