Capital gets intense showers; Met predicts heavy rain in NCR

nNEWDELHI: Parts of Delhi recorded an intense spell of rain on Wednesday evening. It started raining in different parts of the city around 6pm when light to moderate rain (2.5 to 35.5mm) was recorded. However, around 10pm an intense spell of rain was recorded at Lodhi Road, Safdarjung and Palam stations, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre Delhi.

Delhi had a rain deficiency of 35% as on Wednesday which is likely to improve substantially on Thursday when Wednesday evening’s rain is accounted for.

Radar images showed 15 to 20mm rain in Palam, Lodhi Road and Safdarjung stations within an hour. “Up to 20mm rain was recorded in an hour, which can be categorised as an intense spell. We have to see how much rain was recorded in Delhi,” said Kuldeep Shrivastava, head, regional weather forecasting centre.

The regional weather forecasting centre has predicted heavy rain in parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) in the next two days. But, according to the forecast, Delhi will witness light to moderate rain.

“We can expect heavy rains in parts of NCR for the next two days. But in Delhi there will be light to moderate rains. The monsoon trough is running close to Delhi and southwesterly winds are bringing moisture to the region,” he added.

There is a moderate risk of flash floods in several parts of Uttarakhand, including Chamba and Kangra in Himachal Pradesh at least till Friday as monsoon strengthens over northwest India, according to Central Water Commission’s flood warning.

Eastern UP recorded extremely heavy rain on Tuesday with very heavy rains over Uttarakhand, Haryana, eastern Madhya Pradesh, eastern Rajasthan and parts of Gujarat but only very light rain over Delhi.