The national capital was in for a shocker on Friday as many parts of Delhi experienced unseasonal rains.
On Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that in the morning the national capital will receive light to moderate rainfall in Delhi and its adjoining areas during the next two hours. Due to the unseasonal rains, heavy traffic was witnessed in Delhi.
The IMD has also issued thunderstorm advisory. The weather bureau advisory says that thunderstorms are likely to hit Noida and Delhi-NCR from Thursday to Saturday. The wind speed is likely to touch 50 km per hour. IMD has also advised people to park their vehicles away from trees and hoardings. As per the advisory, owners are advised to park vehicles away from trees and hoardings and hailstorms too may follow.
According to Skymet Weather, in North India where a western disturbance is over Jammu and Kashmir. Its induced cyclonic circulation is over northwest Rajasthan. A trough from this cyclonic circulation is extending up to East Bihar. "We expect fairly widespread rains over hills of Western Himalayas right from Jammu and Kashmir to Uttarakhand with chances of landslides, mudslides, and isolated hailstorm," Skymet Weather said.
The IMD had earlier said that heavy rainfall with thunderstorm and hailstorm at isolated places is very likely over Punjab and over Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh on March 5 and 6. The weather bureau earlier this week had predicted that Northwest India may receive rainfall between Thursday and Saturday as a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the region from Wednesday night.
(Inputs from Agencies)
