New Delhi (NVI): Delhiites woke up to a pleasant morning today as Delhi-NCR witnessed thunderstorm and rains accompanied by strong winds late yesterday.
The national capital saw a decrease in minimum temperature to 15.8 degrees celsius from 9.2 degrees celsius recorded yesterday due to rain showers across the North India.
The maximum temperature today is expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Delhi’s Safdarjung observatory recorded 1.8 mm rains, Palam observatory recorded 3.2 mm precipitation.
Pathankot and Amritsar also witnessed scattered rains.
However, the precipitation was short-lived and not fairly widespread. After a brief spell, rains have come to a halt over most regions this morning.
Meanwhile, strong humid westerly winds are blowing over northern plains including Punjab, Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh for the last few days. Due to these winds, night temperatures had peaked over entire region.
Similar pattern continued during the last 24 hours as well. In fact, the minimum temperatures even showed an upward spike by about 4 to 5 degrees over most places.
The phenomenon behind these rains is a Western Disturbance over Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining areas.
This is likely to pass away by the night of February 21. Thereafter, northwesterly winds are likely to take over.
The cold winds will lead to fall in the temperatures. However, winter chill is not expected to make a comeback anymore.
Meanwhile, the overall air quality in the national capital today is in “moderate” category.
According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital stood at 166 which falls in the “moderate” category.
“No significant change temperature is expected in rest of the country,” it added.
