Monsoon will likely hit Delhi around Jun 30: Pvt forecaster
Temp dips to 30.7°C, coolest June day in Capital since 2013
NEW DELHI: Monsoon is likely to arrive in Delhi around June 30 against the expected date of June 27, a private forecaster said on Sunday. “We are expecting a 2-3 days delay in the arrival of monsoon over Delhi. While there may not be a significant delay, the present pattern of cloudy skies and pre-monsoon rain is likely to cease. From June 22, westerly dry winds will blow. We will have to wait for monsoon winds to establish which may be likely around June 30,” Mahesh Palawat, vice president, climate change and meteorology, Skymet Weather said.
The India Meteorological Department, meanwhile, said monsoon has advanced into parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar.
The ongoing pre-monsoon activity over parts of northwest India, and Delhi will continue till
June 21 but dry, hot winds will affect the region thereafter, IMD said on Sunday. According to IMD’S extended range forecast, moderate rainfall activity over Delhi and neighbouring areas is likely between June 24 and 30.
“As you can see, we haven’t said anything about monsoon onset over Delhi. We do not have information about Delhi onset as yet. Pre-monsoon rain will continue over Delhi and neighbouring areas till June 22 then wind pattern will once again change to westerly leading to hot and dry winds blowing over the region,” said RK Jenamani, senior scientist, national weather forecasting centre at IMD.
THE ONGOING PRE-MONSOON ACTIVITY OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIA, AND DELHI WILL CONTINUE TILL JUNE 21, IMD
SAID ON SUNDAY
NEW DELHI: The maximum temperature dropped by two degrees on Sunday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’S Safdarjung observatory, Delhi’s base weather station, recording a maximum temperature of 30.7 degrees Celsius (°C).
Sunday’s temperature was nearly eight degrees below the normal temperature for this time of the year. The minimum temperature on Sunday stood at 24.5°C, three degrees below the normal temperature.
As per the weather office, 1.2 mm of rainfall was recorded in 24 hours between 8:30 am on Saturday and 8:30 am on Sunday. No further rain was recorded till 5:30 pm on Sunday. The IMD classifies rainfall as ‘very light’ when it is between ‘trace’ and 2.4mm. It is ‘light’ when it is between 2.5mm and 15.5mm, and ‘moderate’ when it is between 15.6mm and 64.4mm in a single day.
As per IMD’S weekly forecast, the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 32°C on Monday while the minimum temperature may touch 24°C. A generally cloudy sky is expected on Monday with light to moderate rain and thundershowers accompanied by gusty winds, the forecast said. Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over the city on Monday, IMD said.
NEW DELHI: The maximum temperature in Delhi dropped by two degrees on Sunday, falling to 30.7 degrees Celsius and giving the national capital its coolest June day in nine years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, as the city enjoyed the extended effects of a stretch of rain in several parts of the city since Thursday.
Delhi last enjoyed a cooler June day in 2013, when the temperature fell to 30.1°C on June 18, officials from the weather said.
Sunday was also the city’s coolest day since March 11 this year, when Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 29.6°C, when winter started to fade away and give away to a summer that would prove to be hotter, and drier, than usual.
The temperature on Sunday was nearly eight degrees below the normal temperature for this time of the year. The minimum temperature on Sunday stood at 24.5°C, three degrees below the normal temperature. According to the weather office, the Safdarjung station recorded 1.2 mm of rainfall between 8.30am on Saturday and 8.30am on Sunday. No further rain was recorded till 5.30pm on Sunday. The IMD classifies rainfall as ‘very light’ when it is between ‘trace’ and 2.4mm. It is ‘light’ when it is between 2.5mm and 15.5mm, and ‘moderate’ when it is between 15.6mm and 64.4mm in a single day.
IMD’S weekly forecast said that the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 32°C on Monday and that the minimum may touch 24°C.
A generally cloudy sky is expected on Monday with light to moderate rain and thundershowers with gusty winds (speed 30-40kmph), the forecast said.
As per IMD officials, isolated heavy rainfall is likely over Delhi on Monday under the influence of Western Disturbance at middle tropospheric levels and southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea to northwest India at lower tropospheric levels.