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New Delhi: Delhi is probably going to witness another spell of sunshine to moderate precipitation starting tonight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
An orange alert has been issued for moderate rain within the city on Thursday. Heavy rain is additionally expected at isolated places.
An orange alert is issued as a warning for very inclemency with the potential to disrupt commute with road and drain closures and interrupted power supply.
Strong winds are predicted to comb the town during the day and therefore the maximum temperature is probably going to settle around 34 degrees Celsius, a Met forecast said.
“Light rain is probably going in the dark . Moderate rain is predicted over subsequent two days, which suggests Delhi is probably going to witness another record for monsoon precipitation,” an IMD official said.
The capital has already recorded 1,146.4 mm of rainfall thus far this monsoon season, the very best in 46 years and almost double the precipitation gauged last year.
The Safdarjung observatory, which is taken into account the official marker for the town , had gauged 1,150 mm of rainfall within the monsoon season in 1975.
Normally, Delhi records 653.6 mm of rainfall during the monsoon season. Between June 1, when the monsoon starts, and September 14, the town normally gets 607.7 mm of rainfall. The monsoon has dumped 390 mm of rainfall in Delhi this month till Tuesday, the very best in September in 77 years.
