Amid bone-chilling winter, unexpected rain accompanied by thunderstorms lashed the national capital for the second day on Thursday. The heavy downpour that started on Wednesday morning has resulted in road blockages and waterlogging, further increasing the difficulty for the people of the city, who already are facing the harsh winter.
According to the India Meteorological Department’s prediction on Wednesday, the weather in Delhi is likely to remain the same on Thursday. “One patch is moving across Delhi and is currently giving light to moderate rainfall at a few places, accompanied by moderate to intense thunderstorms and lightning and gusty winds,” said the IMD.
IMD further said that another patch was moving from Rohtak and Jhajjar towards Delhi. “Another patch is moving from Rohtak and Jhajjar (Haryana) towards Delhi; this may give another spell of light to moderate rainfall at a few places accompanied by moderate to intense thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds after 2-3 hours,” IMD added.
Under the influence of two western disturbances, several parts of the national capital received light-intensity rainfall on Wednesday afternoon. Areas including RK Puram, Safdarjung, INA market, Sarai Kale Khan, and Lodhi colony in Delhi witnessed heavy downpour on Wednesday.
The Regional Meteorological Centre in Delhi forecasted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain over and adjoining areas of a few places in Delhi (Mundaka, Punjabi Bagh, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Dwarka, Delhi Cantt, Palam, IGI Airport, Ayanagar, Deramandi), NCR (Gurugram) Jhajjar, Farukhnagar (Haryana).
The release further stated that no cold wave conditions are expected over any part of the country during the next five days.