New Delhi, May 03 (Representative) Heavy rain along with thunderstorms lashed several parts of Delhi on Wednesday, bringing down the maximum temperature to 30.6 degrees, nine notches below normal as per the India Meteorological Department. The Weather agency said another western disturbance is likely to affect northwest India starting May 5. “Under its influence, cloudy skies and sporadic rain is predicted in the capital until May 7” said IMD. The maximum temperature is predicted to remain below 35 degrees Celsius until May 9. Meanwhile, the National Capital recorded over 20 mm of rainfall in April, the highest in the month since 2017, owing to back-to-back “western disturbances”.
As per the Safdarjung observatory, the rainfall was recorded (8:30 am to 05:30 PM) Pitampura 55.5mm, Mungeshpur 31.5mm, Ujwa 31.0mm, Lodhi Road 24.6mm, Safdarjung 20.9mm, Pusa 15.5mm, Ridge 14.6mm Ayanagar 13.8mm, Palam 11.8mm and Mayur Vihar 8.0mm. Due to heavy downpour the incidents of water logging were reported in the several parts of the city, which caused a significant traffic disruption. As per Delhi traffic Police, “the traffic is affected in the carriageway from Wazirabad Flyover towards Police Station Timar Pur due to waterlogging near Timar Pur parking” “Traffic is affected in the carriageway from AIIMS towards IIT due to waterlogging near Yusuf Sarai.
Kindly avoid the stretch” Police tweeted. Earlier, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of the India Meteorological Department, said a cyclone is likely to develop in the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 9 and a prediction of its path would be made in the next few days. Addressing a press conference here, Mohapatra said a cyclonic circulation is likely to develop on May 6 with the possibility of formation of a low-pressure area over the same region the next day. The cyclone will be named Mocha, a name suggested by Yemen after the Red Sea port city. The weather system is expected to concentrate into a depression on May 8 and intensify into a cyclone on May 9, Mohapatra said, adding that the cyclone was likely to move northwards towards central Bay of Bengal.