Heavy rains lash Delhi-NCR, but no respite from humidity

NEW DELHI: Parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region witnessed heavy rains on Saturday afternoon, even as humidity levels remained high.

The Meteorological Department has predicted that light to moderate showers, along with isolated heavy monsoon rains, will continue over Delhi for the next 24 to 48 hours.

An official of the Met department said the minimum temperature on Saturday was recorded at 28 degree Celsius, one notch above the season's average, while the humidity level remained high at 81%.

The rains lashed several parts of north Delhi, including GTB Nagar, Burari, Model Town, Mukherjee Nagar, Azadpur, Timarpur and Civil Lines.

As predicted by Skymet Weather, dark clouds had appeared over the city 24 hours earlier. Till 8.30 am, the Safdarjung observatory recorded 24 mm of rains. The remaining observatories witnessed light showers.

Even adjoining NCR regions of Noida, Faridabad, Gurugram, and Ghaziabad recorded heavy showers.

Around 2.30 pm, Delhi's Ridge observatory recorded 20 mm of rain, but the Safdarjung observatory did not record any rainfall.

Some areas in Noida, Ghaziabad and Greater Noida also received decent rainfall.

"The cyclonic circulation which lies over south west parts of Uttar Pradesh and adjoining region is likely to move west wards slightly. Moreover, the axis of monsoon trough is passing within 100 km South of Delhi.

"Simultaneously, the western disturbance as an upper air system persists over northern parts of Jammu and Kashmir," said an official of the Met Department, adding that the sky in Delhi-NCR will be cloudy with on and off spells of good monsoon showers expected in the Capital.

Despite the rains, the weather will be warm and humid in the coming days. The maximum temperatures are expected to settle between 32°C and 34°C, while, the minimums would range between 25°C and 27°C

On Friday, the maximum temperature settled at 32.4 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was 27.2 degrees Celsius.