Delhi-NCR drenched as light rains lash parts of capital on Sunday morning, IMD forecasts thunderstorms

DELHI-NCR received light rainfall on Sunday, July 6, morning, following the Regional Meteorological Department's forecast. Thunderstorms and lightening are likely today amid yellow alert, as per an India Meteorological Department's (IMD) forecast.

"Generally cloudy sky. Light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms/lightning is likely to occur over Delhi during the next 2 days," IMD Delhi said in a press release dated July 5.

The Regional Meteorological Centre issued a nowcast warning on X at 11:30 AM. The post states, “Light to moderate rainfall accompanied by light thunderstorms and lightning is very likely to occur at Karnal (Haryana) Gangoh, Shamli, Baraut, Bagpat, Khekra (U.P.)."

It further notes the possibility of light rainfall again in the next two hours in several parts of Delhi-NCR, including Mundaka, Pashchim Vihar, Rajauri Garden, Budha Jayanti Park, Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad and Greater Noida.

The maximum temperature in the national capital will most likely hover around 33 and 35 degrees Celsius today, with rainfall predicted for the coming 4 to 5 days. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature is expected to settle between 26 and 28 degrees Celsius.

According to IMD, the monsoon trough at mean sea level passes through Suratgarh, Sirsa, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Daltonganj, Bankura, Digha and southeastwards to the northeast Bay of Bengal. As per the report, an upper air cyclonic circulation lies over Himachal Pradesh and adjoining Punjab at 1.5 km above mean sea level.

Rainfall warning for rest of India

The weather agency issued a red alert warning for extremely heavy rains on July 6 in Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra.

At the same time, a total of nine states are on IMD's orange alert, including Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

IMD said, “Extremely heavy rainfall (21 cm) very likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh on 06th July,” adding, “Extremely heavy rainfall (21 cm) very likely at isolated places over Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra on 06th & 07th July.”

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