Delhi-NCR Witnesses Light Showers, More Rain With Gusty Winds, Hailstorms Predicted Today

Weather updates: The IMD forecast predicts heavy rain over the Western Himalayan Region and the plains of northwest India until March 3.

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Delhi-NCR witnessed a sudden weather change with light rainfall on Saturday morning, causing cloudy skies and a slight drop in temperature across the national capital and nearby regions.

Visuals from Kartavya Path and Greater Kailash showed rain droplets creating ripples on wet streets, prompting pedestrians to use umbrellas to navigate through the damp conditions.

#WATCH | Delhi: National capital witnesses sudden change in weather; received light rainfall.

(Visuals from the Greater Kailash area) pic.twitter.com/ZVFXuppGTB

— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2024

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) attributed the weather shifts to a Western Disturbance, a cyclonic circulation over northwest Afghanistan, and a trough extending from this circulation to the Northwest Arabian Sea in the lower and middle tropospheric levels. Additionally, an induced cyclonic circulation exists over southwest Rajasthan and adjoining Pakistan at lower tropospheric levels.

The weather department has forecast light to moderate rain in several areas of Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan, according to its most recent post.

The IMD issued a weather warning for the day, anticipating heavy to very heavy rain or snow at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Hail is also predicted at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan.

DELHI WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY, THE 02ND MARCH;
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN/THUNDERSHOWERS AT MOST PLACES ACCOMPANIED WITH GUSTY WINDS (SPEED 40-50 KMPH). POSSIBILITY OF HAILSTORM AT ONE OR TWO PLACES.

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) March 2, 2024

The forecast included the likelihood of thunderstorms and lightning, accompanied by gusty winds ranging from 30 to 50 kilometres per hour at isolated places in Northwest India.

The western Himalayan region is expected to witness "fairly widespread to widespread" light to moderate rainfall, thunderstorms, and lightning until March 3.

In Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and north Madhya Pradesh, scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall, along with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds reaching speeds of 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph, are predicted until March 3. Punjab may experience isolated heavy rainfall on March 2, according to the IMD.