Rain brings respite to delhi as monsoon arrival remains pending
New Delhi: The highly anticipated monsoon knocked on the city's door on Saturday but didn't enter. While parts of the capital, especially southwest and south Delhi and those adjoining western UP, and the NCR cities of Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad enjoyed showers on Saturday, the
India Meteorological Department
did not declare this the arrival of the seasonal rain-bearing winds.
It only said the conditions were now favourable for the advancement of the southwest monsoon.
Weather experts pointed out that a large portion of Delhi was yet to receive rains. "A trough currently in the south of Delhi is yet to move northward and bring the monsoon," explained an IMD official. "The weather system on Saturday entered the city via western UP. Several parts of the city, including the base weather station at Safdarjung, did not record rain."
Mayur Vihar, Palam, Ayanagar and Zafarpur were among the areas where it rained, though the sky over the entire city remained overcast.
IMD issued a yellow alert expecting moderate to light rain on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the rain was sporadic and patchy, but it brought a much-needed respite from the heat and humidity. Safdarjung received too low a rainfall to record, but Mayur Vihar logged 23mm, Palam 9.7mm, Aya Nagar 9.2mm, Najafgarh 2.5mm and Lodhi Road, trace rainfall.
Neighbouring Gurgaon recorded 10.7mm and Noida 21mm.
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The temperature fell during the day. "Between 1.30pm and 3.20pm, there was a fall of 10-12 degrees Celsius in south Delhi stations like Ayanagar, Pushp Vihar and IGNOU; 5-7 degrees Celsius in central Delhi stations like Lodhi Road, Pusa and Pragati Maidan, and a fall of 2-3 degrees Celsius in north Delhi stations like Narela and Mungeshpur," said Krishna Mishra, weather scientist, IMD.
The maximum temperature at Safdarjung was 36.2 degrees Celsius, a degree below normal and almost 3 degrees lower than Friday's 39.1 degrees. The humidity oscillated between 58 and 81%. The maximum temperature on Sunday is expected to be 33-35 degrees Celsius.
The air quality was 'satisfactory' again. The air quality index on a scale of 0 to 500 was 97 against 76 the previous day.
So far, the southwest monsoon has covered almost all parts of the country except for a sliver in northwest India, including entire Delhi.
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