Rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Saturday evening, bringing respite from the sultry weather and the mercury down in the national capital.
Weather forecast provider Skymet said in a tweet that rain and thundershower with gusty winds up to 20-30 kmph will occur over central, east, north, northeast, northwest, south, southeast, southwest, and west Delhi, Shahdara districts during the next 3-4 hours.
#WeatherAlert for #Delhi: Rain and thundershower with gusty winds (20-30 kmph) will occur over Central, East Delhi, North, North East, North West, South, South East, South West, and West Delhi, Shahdara districts during the next 3-4 hours. #WeatherForecast pic.twitter.com/OfySk9gWiI
— SkymetWeather (@SkymetWeather) August 1, 2020
It also said that rain and thundershower will occur at some places over Gurugram, Jhajjar, Mewat, Palwal and Rewari districts during the next two hours.
#WeatherAlert for #Haryana: Rain and thundershower will occur at some places over Gurugram, Jhajjar, Mewat, Palwal and Rewari districts during the next 2 hours. #WeatherForecast pic.twitter.com/lmSePljTfL
— SkymetWeather (@SkymetWeather) August 1, 2020
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday had said that July ended with a 10-per cent rainfall deficiency but monsoon is likely to be normal in the second half of the four-month rainfall season.
The IMD had predicted that July will get rainfall that is 103 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), which falls in the “normal” category. June had received 17 per cent more rainfall than normal.
In its Long Range Forecast for rainfall in the second half (August-September) of the 2020 Southwest Monsoon, the IMD said August is likely to receive rainfall that is 97 per cent of the LPA with an error margin of plus/minus nine per cent.
The IMD had on Monday issued an alert for heavy rainfall in Delhi on July 29 and 30.
Delhi received the first spell of heavy rains on July 19, which submerged low-lying areas in waist-deep water. Safdarjung, Ridge and Lodhi Road weather stations recorded 74.8 mm, 86 mm and 81.2 mm rainfall, respectively.
At least four persons have died in rain-related incidents.
The monsoon reached Delhi on June 25, two days earlier than the usual date of June 27. Despite that, the rains had remained subdued in the city in the absence of a strong supportive weather system such as moisture-laden easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal.
Earlier, the IMD had predicted normal rainfall in the national capital during the season.