New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that Cyclone Tauktae will weaken gradually in the next three hours and Delhi will witness a typically cloudy sky with light showers on Tuesday (May 18, 2021).
The climate division mentioned that the extreme cyclonic storm lay centred over Saurashtra at 9:30 AM, about 205 km southwest of Ahmedabad.
“Cyclone Tauktae moved north northwest wards with a speed of 10 kmph during the past six hours,” the IMD mentioned.
SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM ‘TAUKTAE’ LAY CENTRED AT 0930 HRS IST OF 18TH MAY 2021 OVER SAURASHTRA, NEAR LAT. 21.65°N AND LONG. 71.35°E, ABOUT 205 KM SOUTHWEST OF AHMEDABAD, 125 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SURENDRANAGAR .TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY INTO A CYCLONIC STORM IN NEXT 03 HRS. pic.twitter.com/NXDv0dBlLe
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) May 18, 2021
It additionally said that light to average depth rain would happen over remoted locations of West-Delhi and South-west Delhi. The nationwide capital can also be doubtless to see average rain in most components and heavy showers in remoted locations on Wednesday.
The IMD has additionally predicted light showers over a number of districts in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and adjoining areas.
Meanwhile, the minimal temperature in the nationwide capital was recorded at over 27 levels Celsius, the relative humidity at 8.30 am was 57 per cent. Delhi’s air high quality was in the ‘average’ class in the morning. According to the SAFAR app, Delhi’s air high quality index (AQI) stood at 130 at 11 AM.
This is to be famous that an AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘average’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’ and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
The most and minimal temperatures on Monday have been 37.8 levels and 23.6 levels Celsius respectively.