Rain lashes Delhi-NCR, temp rises to 10.9 °C
NEW DELHI: Rain lashed parts of Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) on Wednesday under the influence of a western disturbance which led to a rise in the minimum temperatures to 10.9 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature is four notches more than the normal, according to the weather department.The maximum temperature in the national capital was recorded at 16 degrees Celsius.The weather department has predicted a cloudy sky for Delhi till January 9.
As per IMD forecast, light intensity rain would occur over Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon
AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Karnal, Rajaund, Assandh on Wednesday.
“Temperature is likely to drop in Delhi after the withdrawal of western disturbances”, IMD stated. Moreover, an intense Western Disturbance is likely to affect Northwest India January 6 onwards, added IMD.
The weather department has also predicted rain or snowfall over Western Himalayan region from January 7 to 9 and a decrease thereafter.
“Isolated heavy rain/snowfall likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad on January 7 and 8 over
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on January 8”, stated the department.
Meanwhile, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall has been predicted over plains of northwest and adjoining central India from January 7 to 9. Isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh on January 8.
Kashmir: Air traffic remains affected
Air traffic between Kashmir and the rest of the country remained affected for the second consecutive day on Wednesday due to inclement weather as intermittent snowfall was reported from most parts of the valley over the past 24 hours, officials said.