Delhi Logs Highest Rainfall Since July 1982 As IMD Predicts Light To Moderate Showers With Thunderstorm

The IMD stated that thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Delhi after the city saw its first spell of heavy monsoon on Saturday.

Rain continues in the national capital. ( Image Source :ANI )

Delhi on Sunday woke up to more rain as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted light to moderate rainfall for today. This comes after the first spell of heavy monsoon rain created a mess in residential and commercial areas of the national capital on Saturday causing inundated roads and overflowing drains with massive waterlogging and paralysed traffic for hours. The Safdarjung observatory, the city's primary weather station, recorded 153 mm of rainfall at 8.30 am today, the highest since July 25, 1982.

Fresh visuals of Delhi rains surfaced on social media.

#WATCH | Delhi wakes up to rain lashing several parts of the city; visuals from Mayur Vihar Phase II area pic.twitter.com/WVXuHMyR0E

— ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2023

#WATCH | Rain continues in the national capital; IMD predicts moderate to heavy showers today pic.twitter.com/KfsYAQvn0Q

— ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2023

The Safdarjung Observatory recorded 153 mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Sunday, the highest since the 24-hour rainfall of 169.9 mm on July 25, 1982, a senior IMD official said, as per news agency PTI. The city logged 133.4 mm of rain on July 10, 2003, and an all-time high of 266.2 mm on July 21, 1958.

The weather stations at Ridge, Lodhi Road, and Delhi University recorded 134.5 mm, 123.4 mm, and 118 mm of precipitation, respectively, PTI reported.

According to the Met Office, rainfall below 15 mm is considered light, 15 mm to 64.5 mm is moderate, 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm is heavy, and 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm is very heavy. Any amount exceeding 204.4 mm is classified as extremely heavy rainfall.

Delhi Rains: IMD Predicts Light To Moderate Showers With Thunderstorm

In its latest tweets, IMD stated that Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi (Narela, Alipur, Rohini, Badili, Pitampura, Pashchim Vihar, Punjabi Bagh, Kashmiri Gate, Seelampur, Rajauri Garden, Red fort, Rajeev Chowk, ITO, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Dwarka, India Gate, Akshardham, Palam, IGI Airport), NCR ( Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Kaithal, Narwana, Barwala, Sohana, Nuh (Haryana) Bhiwari (Rajasthan).

As per an IMD statement, the interaction between a Western Disturbance and the monsoonal winds currently undergoing is likely to continue during the next 24-36 hours and is likely to result in moderate rainfall at most places of Northwest India with Isolated Heavy to very heavy rainfall over Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Punjab was predicted on July 8 and 9.

"The intense rainfall spell over Northwest India would decrease from the 10th with isolated heavy rainfall over the above areas and heavy rainfall is unlikely over the region from 11th July onwards," the statement read.

Delhi government officials told news agency PTI that the city received more than 100 mm rain in a single day, which is 15 per cent of the total rainfall it gets every monsoon. This much water cannot be drained while the rain is still on, they said, adding that once the rain stopped, the water was cleared rapidly.

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