Rain, Thunderstorm Bring Relief To Warm Delhi, NCR

Delhiites woke up to light rain, which brought some respite from the warm weather. Several parts of the national capital received rain.

Parts of Noida and Delhi witnessed rainfall on Saturday after various predictions by the Met Department in the last few days. A brief spell of rain in Noida has brought respite for the residents causing a dip in temperature.

The maximum temperature in Noida is 24 degrees celcius and the minimum temperature is 17 degrees celsius.

Delhiites on Saturday woke up to light rain, which brought some respite from the warm weather. Several parts of the national capital received rain. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted more rain accompanied by thunderstorms during the day. According to IMD forecast, very light rainfall is expected on Sunday.

"Civil Lines, Seelampur, Vivek Vihar, IGI Airport, NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Gurugram, Manesar) Deoband, Najibabad, Shamli, Bijnaur, Chandpur, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar (U.P.) during next 2 hours," tweeted Regional Met Centre New Delhi. On Friday, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 17.2 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average, and a maximum of 30.4 degrees Celsius. The national capital's air quality index (AQI) was recorded in the 'poor' (231) category at around 8 am.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.

On Friday night, the IMD's Chennai Regional Meteorological Centre predicted thunderstorms and lightning to lash the city. "Light to moderate rain with thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur at one or two places over Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Erode, Salem, Coimbatore, Thiruppur, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Thirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamilnadu during the next three hours," the IMD said in a statement.

The weather department further said light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places in various areas. "Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Thiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, Vellore, Thirupattur, Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Karur, Namakkal, Nilgiris and Sivagangai districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next three hours," the statement read further.

Earlier, on March 17, Thursday, the IMD's Mumbai Regional Meteorological Centre had predicted thunderstorms and lighting in Maharashtra. Further, the IMD also advised people to take necessary precautions in anticipation of wet and stormy weather.