NEW DELHI: Several parts of Delhi are likely to receive rain over the next five days with the monsoon hitting the capital on June 15.
Track the pollution level in your cityThe India Meteorological Department had forecast light-to-moderate rain for Sunday, but only some parts of Delhi received very light rain.
Meanwhile, the air quality improved to ‘satisfactory’.
According to IMD, Safdarjung observatory, the city’s base station, recorded 0.4mm of rainfall till 8.30 am on Sunday.
Palam and Ayanagar reported 1.1mm and 3.6mm, respectively, from 8.30am to 5.30 pm.
Some parts of the city also benefited from strong winds that provided a respite from the heat.
The maximum temperature dipped to 35.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, while the minimum temperature settled at 23.8 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal.
Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist at India Meteorological Department and head, Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, said, “Conditions are favourable for a further advance of the southwest monsoon to Delhi on June 15.” The normal meteorological date for monsoon is June 27.
Met department has predicted rain till June 18, but the intensity is likely to be more on June 15.
“Light-to-moderate rain, along with gusty winds of 40-50 kmph, may be witnessed on Tuesday,” said a Met official.
Meanwhile, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the capital was recorded at 83 in the ‘satisfactory’ category against 133 in the ‘moderate’ category on Saturday.
The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), a forecasting body under the union ministry of earth sciences, said: “The overall Delhi’s air quality has improved.
Rain on Saturday led to an improvement in the air quality.
The wind speed is forecast to stay high for the next three days and isolated rain is likely in Delhi.
AQI is likely to improve and stay in the ‘satisfactory’ category for the next three days.
However, the contribution of bigger particles is still significantly high in Delhi’s air with a coarser versus finer particle ratio at 3:1, which normally remains around 1:1 in Delhi and the NCR region.
This tends to suggest that fossil fuel emission generated particles are lesser and quickly dispersing, but dust-laden bigger particles are prevailing.”