New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorm and gusty winds is likely over Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas on Wednesday.
“Light to moderate rainfall with gusty wind speed reaching 30-50 kmph very likely at many places over Delhi, North Delhi, Northeast Delhi, Northwest Delhi, West Delhi and adjoining areas. , Central Delhi, East Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana) Baraut, Baghpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithore, Garhmukteshwar, Pilkhua, Hapur, Gulawati, Siyana , Secunderabad, Bulandshahr, Jahangirabad (UP),” IMD said in a tweet. IMD further said that light to moderate intensity thunderstorms very likely over adjoining areas of Adampur, Hisar, Hansi and Meham (Haryana) during next two hours. It may rain intermittently.
There will be slight delay in monsoon: IMD
Earlier, the IMD said, monsoon onset over Kerala is likely to be delayed this year, predicting its arrival on June 4, four days after the normal date prediction of June 1.
“The southwest monsoon generally sets over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about 7 days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been issuing operational forecasts for the monsoon onset date over Kerala since 2005. An indigenously developed state-of-the-art statistical model with a model error of +- 4 days is used, the IMD said.
Last year, the monsoon arrived in Kerala on May 29, two days after the IMD’s prediction of May 27. 2015, said the IMD.
“The six predictors of monsoon onset used in the model are: i) minimum temperature over northwest India ii) pre-monsoon rainfall peak over the South Peninsula iii) outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) over the South China Sea (iv) lower tropospheric area wind over Southeast Indian Ocean (v) sea level pressure over subtropical NW Pacific Ocean (vi) upper tropospheric zonal wind over Northeast Indian Ocean,” the IMD release said.
The southwest monsoon over the Indian mainland is marked by the onset of the monsoon over Kerala and is an important indicator of the transition from a hot and dry season to a rainy season.