Cyclone Tauktae’s impact: Noida to see good rainfall
NOIDA: The city on Tuesday witnessed light rain under the impact of cyclone Tauktae, which made landfall in Gujarat on Monday night, and after weakening considerably, is currently moving inwards towards the National Capital Region.
The drizzle brought down Noida’s maximum temperature by seven degrees to 30.6 degrees Celsius, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting good rain on Wednesday. According to the IMD, the maximum temperature will hover around 30 degrees Celsius in the next two days.
“Moderate rain at most places in northern region with isolated heavy rains over Delhincr has been forecasted for Wednesday,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of regional weather forecasting centre, IMD.
An advisory issued by IMD said Tauktae and its remnants would interact with a western
disturbance trough, creating an interaction zone. This weather phenomenon is likely to form above Delhi and adjoining areas, resulting in heavy rainfall in the region.
According to weather analysts, there are chances of intense rainfall over parts of NCR, including Noida, as an induced effect of cyclonic circulation over northern Rajasthan. “Low pressure cyclonic circulation due to the induced effect of
cyclone Tauktae will meet the western disturbance, leading to rain in the region. The effect is likely to last till May 20,” said Mahesh Palawat, vice-president (meteorology and climate change) at Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency.
Cyclone Tauktae intensified into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm” and made landfall on Gujarat coast late Monday with wind speeds between 150kmph and 160kmph.
On Tuesday, Noida recorded maximum and minimum temperatures at 30.6 degrees Celsius and 27.8 degrees Celsius respectively, against 37.7 degrees Celsius and 25.3 degrees Celsius a day earlier. At the Safdarjung monitoring station, considered average for the NCR, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 30.8 degrees Celsius -- nine degrees Celsius lower than the season’s average and 22.3 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, respectively.
Meanwhile, the air quality of Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad saw improvement on Tuesday.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality index (AQI) of Noida on Tuesday was 108 against 177 (both ‘moderate’) a day earlier. The AQI of Greater Noida was 79 (‘good’) against 202 (‘poor’) a day earlier, while Ghaziabad recorded an AQI of 122 (‘moderate’) on Tuesday against 238 (‘poor’) a day earlier.