Delhi Weather Update: Delhi weather changes after rains; 8 flights diverted to Jaipur

Delhi Weather Update: A sudden change in weather was seen in Delhi and its surrounding areas, with light to moderate lashes of rain in several parts of the national capital on Monday evening. The rain majorly affected air travel in Delhi, with eight flights diverted to Jaipur from the capital due to the rain.

Over the next two hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted light to moderate-intensity rain and gusty winds over the majority of Delhi and its surrounding areas.

"Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speeds of 30 to 50 km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi (Mundaka, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Dwarka, India Gate, Palam, Lodi Road, IGI Airport, Vasant Vihar, RK Puram, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Vasant Kunj, Hauz Khas, Malviya Nagar, Kalkaji, Mehrauli, Tughlakabad, Chhattarpur, IGNOU, Aya Nagar, Deramandi), NCR (Bahadurgarh, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh), Rohtak, Charkhi Dadri, Matanhail, Jhajjar, Farukh Nagar, Kosali (Haryana)," the IMD said.

"Light to moderate-intensity rain and gusty winds with speeds of 30 to 40 km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of many places in Delhi, Karnal, Rajaund, Assandh, Safidon, Jind, Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Meham, Sonipat, Kharkhoda, and Bhiwani (Haryana) during the next 2 hours," the IMD office added.

The IMD reported that on Monday, Delhi will face a minimum temperature of 13.4 degrees Celsius and a maximum temperature of 23 degrees. Additionally, clouds had been present since morning, and there was a possibility of rain, according to forecasts.

Senior meteorologist RK Jenamani said earlier in the day that a western disturbance is currently visible in North India and is slowly moving eastward.

"In the last 36 hours, the effect of this western disturbance was visible in Gujarat and Maharashtra. But now, with dense clouds, it is moving towards the east. Along with Gujarat and Maharashtra, people also witnessed rain in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan," he said. The effect of this western disturbance will soon be seen in Uttarakhand and Himachal, due to which an orange alert has been issued in both states, he added.

(With inputs from ANI)

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