Relief, Disruption: Two Sides Of Same Coin
Indira Gandhi International Airport
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At least 14 flights were diverted.
Around 2.45pm, the city first experienced light to moderate rain along with a thunderstorm. "A second spell was observed in the evening, with an east-to-west squall line moving towards northeast and bringing moderate to intense rain again," said an official of India Meteorological Department.
The maximum temperature, which was 36.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, at 2.30pm, came down to 27.2 degrees around 5.30pm.
The maximum was 35 degrees Celsius on Monday. The weather department expects the rain and thunder activity to continue over the next few days with the possibility of gusty winds.
While base station Safdarjung and Palam recorded wind speeds of 20-30km/hour, a peak wind speed of 43km/hour was observed in Mayur Vihar around 2.45pm. Between 2.30pm and 8.30pm, Pusa recorded 57mm rain, Palam 40.8mm, Safdarjung 28.4mm, Aya Nagar 22.8mm, Ridge 14.4mm and Lodhi Road 6mm.
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The maximum intensity was realised till 5.30pm when Palam recorded 37.2mm rain. For June, Safdarjung has logged 69.2mm rainfall till 5.30pm on Tuesday against the long-period average of 74.1mm.
A official of IGIA operator DIAL said, "The Delhi airport witnessed sudden heavy rain this afternoon, due to which drains on the roof near the food court at Terminal 1 overflowed, leading to water coming down to the food court area.
The housekeeping staff deployed there immediately cleared the area, and the operations remained normal."
A yellow alert has been issued for Wednesday. IMD officials said additional moisture feed from Bay of Bengal and a western disturbance led to the widespread rain over a large part of northwest India, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and western UP.
"There are chances of another spell of rain and thunderstorms over Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Another spell on Wednesday evening is also possible, but of less intensity. From June 19, the chances of rain and thunderstorms will be less," said IMD scientist Krishna Mishra.
On Tuesday, the minimum temperature was 28 degrees Celsius, against 29 degrees Celsius a day earlier. The humidity oscillated between 59% and 98%. The maximum temperature is expected to be 33 to 35 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.
IMD said the southwest monsoon further advanced on Tuesday over some more parts of the country, reaching east India, and conditions were favourable for its further progress over the next two days. The normal monsoon arrival date for Delhi is June 27. Given the progression of the southwest monsoon, it's likely to hit the national capital prior to its normal date. However, no date has been predicted yet.
Meanwhile, Delhi's air quality remained in the moderate category. The average air quality index, on a scale of 0 to 500, was 104 against 111 a day earlier.
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