New Delhi: Sultry weather added to the discomfiture of Delhi residents on Monday morning as the monsoon rains continued to elude the capital.
Weather scientists had predicted moderate rains on the weekend. Though the city remained swallowed up in dark clouds, the rains kept the residents waiting. On Sunday, the weather station at Palam recorded 21.6 mm precipitation. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides official figures for the city, recorded 0.8 mm rains till 8:30 am on Monday.
A low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal was expected to enhance rains in the northern region. However, it remained concentrated in eastern parts of the country, Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather said. He said the axis of monsoon trough currently lies along Rajasthan, north MP, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal. Its western end will shift towards the Delhi-NCR region Tuesday onwards.