New Delhi: Parts of Delhi received rain on Friday morning, taking the temperature below 30 degrees Celsius. Earlier today, the Regional Weather Forecasting Center (RWFC) New Delhi predicted thunderstorms with moderate intensity in and around Delhi and NCR. “Moderate intensity rain will occur at many places and adjoining areas all over Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ballabgarh). 2 hours,” RWFC said in a tweet.
17/06/2022: 05:02 IST; Thunderstorms with moderate intensity will occur at many places over entire Delhi and adjoining areas.
— RWFC New Delhi (@RWFC_ND) 16 June 2022
Other areas where thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur during the next 2 hours include Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Assandh, Safidon, Jind, Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Meham, Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail , Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Sohana, Rewari, Palwal, Bawal, Nuh, Aurangabad, Hodal (Haryana) Saharanpur, Gangoh, Deoband, Nazibabad, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Kandhla, Bijnaur, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Hastinapur, Chandpur, Baraut, Chandpur, Daurala, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor, Amroha, Moradabad, Garhmukteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Sambhal, Billari, Sikandrabad, Chandausi, Bulandshahar, Jahangirabad, Anupshahar, Bahajoi, Shikarpur, Khurja, Pahabai, Khurja, Paha Narora, Gabhana, Sahaswan, Jattari, Atrauli, Khair, Aligarh, Nandgaon, Iglas, Sikandra Rao, Barsana, Raya, Hathras, Mathura, Sadabad (UP) Bhiwari, Tizara (Rajasthan).
Earlier, on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, parts of the National Capital Region received rain, leading to waterlogging. The Indian Meteorological Center (IMD) has predicted rain and thundershower activities in Delhi for the next five days starting from June 16. People in Delhi-NCR are likely to get relief from the heat due to rain.
#watch , Delhi: Rain in some parts of the national capital
(view from Connaught Place) pic.twitter.com/98Js4tZZBA— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2022
Weather Updates for Other States
Under the influence of a Western Disturbance and low level easterly winds, widespread to widespread rain/thundershowers are very likely over the Western Himalayan region; The IMD had said that the adjoining plains (Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Uttar Pradesh) have received widespread rainfall and isolated rain over Rajasthan during the next 5 days.