New Delhi: Rain, coupled with thunderstorm, lashed Delhi-NCR on Wednesday (March 29, 2023), which the Met officers cited to the western disturbance affecting northwest India. Winds gusting as much as 40 kilometres per hour barrelled via the nationwide capital.
“There is enough moisture available in northwest India due to the western disturbance and the temperatures have also risen over the last few days. So, the conditions are conducive for such activity,” Kuldeep Srivastava, the pinnacle of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre, was quoted as saying by the information company PTI.
#WATCH | Delhi: Rain lashes components of National Capital
(Visuals from Khan Market) pic.twitter.com/QDjtIzuUIV
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2023
Earlier within the day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted a recent spell of rainfall and thunderstorm over Northwest, East and Northeast India from March 30 to April 1.
“Scattered to fairly widespread rain/thunderstorm activity very likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan on March 30; Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Sikkim will receive rainfall on March 31 and Uttarakhand on April 1,” an IMD forecast stated.
“No heat wave is likely over any part of the country during the next 5 days,” it added.
A recent spell of Rainfall/thunderstorm/hailstorm over Northwest, East and Northeast India throughout thirtieth March to 01st April, 2023. For detailed press launch, go to https://t.co/g6dOMZ0e00 pic.twitter.com/NHiALi9f1a
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) March 29, 2023
Back-to-back western disturbances over northwest India led to rain and hail in a number of components of the area, together with the nationwide capital, final week.
