New Delhi: After waiting for a long time and torture, the capital finally woke up to rain the rainy season on Tuesday, with a good rain spell in the morning and then in the afternoon which led to a decrease in temperature and freedom from the heat that was Habressive in the last few days.
However, there is no help from traffic chaos.
The streets in most cities have been flooded when people leave for work, which leads to congestion and grumps for commuting.
the frustrated commuter.
Arrived 16 days after the normal date, this was the most delayed onset of the Monsun in Delhi since 2002, when a rainproof wind system entered the capital on July 19.
IMD says the rainy season is not only the remaining part but also the remaining part.
country on Tuesday.
Between 7am and 8.30 am, the Safdarjung – Delhi base weather station – received 24.8mm rainfall.
It recorded another 28.1mm in the next nine hours, giving precipitation that was very much needed to capital, which was in the “Lack of Large” rainfall category until Tuesday morning.
Meeting officials said more rain is expected on Wednesday, with a light shower until it is being expected during the day.
Conditions will remain ideal for rain throughout the week, officials added.
“Provisions that benefit the arrival of Monsoon for the past 48 hours.
On Tuesday, Delhi finally recorded rainfall.
Monsun has now covered the entire country.
Similar rainfall activities are expected on Wednesday, while Thursday and Friday may see a drizzle isolated throughout the city,” The official said, adding that moderate rainfall was recorded in all rain spells.
IMD classifies rainfall as “light” when it is between 2.5 and 15.5mm, as “moderate” when between 15.6 and 64.4mm, while it is classified as “weight” when it exceeds 64.5mm in one day.
Lodhi Road received the most rainfall on Tuesday, recording 19.4mm rainfall until 8:30 a.m.
and another 37.8mm in the next nine hours.
Palam also recorded “moderate” rainfall, received 24.4mm until 8:30 a.m., followed by a 8.2mm mantra in the next nine hours.
Delhi has a maximum temperature of only 30.9 degrees Celsius during the day, which is five degrees below normal.
The lowest maximum Ridge Station recording, only 29.5 degrees Celsius.
The IMD estimates the maximum to float around 33 degrees Celsius on Wednesday too, with more rain it is expected to regulate the temperature and keep it normal.
Until Tuesday, IMD data showed Delhi as a whole only received 48.9mm rainfall between June 1 and July 13, as opposed to the normal sign of 140.1mm, making it a deficit of 65%.
In Safdarjung, the calculation of rain during this period was 67.6mm.
However, rain Tuesday and other spells on Wednesday are expected to bridge the gap rather.
IMD data in the past six decades shows that the longest wait for the monsoon to enter Delhi in 1987, when it reached the capital on July 27, almost every month after the normal date.
For the past two-three years, the normal date for Monsun to reach Delhi is June 27.
Previously, June 29.
Power cuts are also reported in areas such as Vasant Kunj, Harsh Vihar, Sagarpur, Mahavir Enclave, Badarpur, Karawal Nagar and Lajpat Nagar during the day, but the discom says the impact is temporary.
After the rain spell on Tuesday, the overall air quality index of Delhi (AQI) was recorded at 80, according to the Central Pollution Control Agency (CPCB).
Experts say it must improve even in the next 24 hours, with rain wash local pollutants.