The India Meteorological Department said 'it will subside in about two hours.' (Photo Credit: Abhilasha Kishore/ News Nation )
New Delhi:
Delhi witnessed heavy rain along with hailstorm and thunderstorms causing traffic congestion in several parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday afternoon. It was a cloudy morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature just being reported a notch above the season’s average at 16.4 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. Moreover, the humidity level at 8.30 am was recorded at 88 per cent, reports PTI.
Delhi: Rain lashes parts of the city; visuals from Rajpath and Parliament street. pic.twitter.com/NdiWBdvTZN
— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2020
The India Meteorological Department said 'it will subside in about two hours.'
Very small ( about 5km*25km*8km dimension) but intense convective cloud is located over central parts of Delhi which is likely to cause moderate rain alongwith moderate thunderstorm & hail activity during next 2 hours. It will subside thereafter.
— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) March 14, 2020
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The weather department said due to westerly trough in mid tropospheric levels and moist easterlies from Bay of Bengal, Haryana, Delhi, Jharkhand, north Chhattisgarh and Bihar can receive moderate to severe thunderstorm.
Due to westerly trough in mid tropospheric levels and moist easterlies from Bay of Bengal moderate to severe thunderstorm activity takling place over Haryana, Delhi, Jharkhand, north Chhattisgarh and Bihar. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/hAVzhWtunA
— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) March 14, 2020
(With PTI inputs)
