New Delhi: In a respite from the scorching heat for people in India, the Indian Meteorological Department has said that Delhi will be witnessing rainfall on May 3. The weather department also said that the heatwave is over in most parts of the country and the temperature will subside over Delhi and adjoining parts of northwest India from Monday,
RK Jenamani, Senior Scientist, IMD said that the western disturbance is quite active. The temperature will not increase this week. he also said that a yellow alert for thunderstorms has been issued for Northwest India which has been experiencing soaring temperatures in March and April.
Jenamani said, "Heatwave is over in most parts of India including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and UP. Western disturbance is quite active. Temp will not rise for next 6-7 days. Northwest India has yellow alert for thunderstorms. Delhi to receive rainfall on May 3rd."
IMD has predicted a fall in maximum temperatures by 3-4 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country. Today, the maximum temperature in Delhi is predicted to be 39 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature is predicted to be 30 degrees celsius.
The department further said, "Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim on 02nd May; over Arunachal Pradesh on 2nd & 3rd; May, over Assam-Meghalaya & Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura during 2nd-4th May. Isolated very heavy rainfall likely over Assam-Meghalaya & Tripura on 3rd May."
It also informed that in the coming five days, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal & Odisha may experience scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated thunderstorm/lightning/gusty winds (speed reaching 40-50 kmph).
The national weather forecasting agency also predicted thunderstorm activity over Northwest and East India till May 4 and over Northeast India till May 3. Isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, east Rajasthan, and parts of Uttar Pradesh will experience partly cloudy sky with the possibility of thunder development from Monday.
For the past few weeks, parts of the country have been reeling under intense heatwave with the mercury soaring high and average maximum temperature reaching 35.9 and 37.78 degrees Celsius in the northwest and central India respectively. The national capital recorded the second-hottest April in the last 27 years with the temperature remaining above 40 degrees celsius in the past week.