New Delhi: Rain accompanied by cold winds today brought back the winter chill to the national capital and its adjoining areas which had turned unusually warm in recent days. The Met department has forecast similar weather for at least two more days.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the sudden change in weather was caused by western disturbances — a weather system originating in the Mediterranean-Caspian Sea region and moving across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, which brings rain or snow in the sub-Himalayan regions.
Such sudden change occurs because of the western disturbances. With this change, there are always chances of cold wind, rain, thunderstorm and even snowfall in the affected areas,” an IMD official said. “Delhi will see a rainy sunday. More cold wind is expected during the day while fog is expected in the evening,” the IMD official said.
Though Delhi’s minimum temperature today settled at 19.1 degrees Celsius — three notches above the season’s average — the maximum was 15 degrees, eight notches below average.
Bureau Report
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