Weather Update: Under Cyclone Biparjoy's Influence, Delhi, Northwest India To Witness Rain

On June 15 and 16, Delhi could expect light rainfall and usually gloomy conditions, according to IMD.

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Light rains may fall in Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and west Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and Friday as Cyclone Biparjoy gains strength in the Arabian Sea, according to a private forecasting firm, news agency PTI reported. On June 15 and 16, Delhi could expect light rainfall and usually gloomy conditions, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

By midday on June 15, the cyclone, which is expected to travel between Mandvi, Gujarat, and Karachi, Pakistan, close to Gujarat's Jakhau Port, would most likely be a very severe cyclonic storm with winds up to 150 kph.

"The cyclone in the Arabian Sea, after making landfall on June 15, may bring scattered unseasonal rains over Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand and west Uttar Pradesh in the third week of June," Skymet Weather was quoted by PTI in its report.

However, it was made clear that these rains would not be normal monsoon rains and that, given their inconvenient timing, they would not even help agricultural activities.

The head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, Kuldeep Srivastava, said that Delhi might see moderate precipitation due to a recent western disturbance and moisture-rich southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea that will arrive in the city after passing through south Haryana and Rajasthan.

"There is a rise in maximum temperatures. This along with moist southwesterly winds and the western disturbance will lead to rain activity in northwest India," he said. 

Last month, the IMD forecasted a normal to below-average monsoon in northwest India, which might lead to more days in Delhi that are drier and hotter in the future.

With the exception of the far north and a few areas of the southern peninsular region, normal to above-average maximum temperatures are predicted for the majority of the nation in June, it had previously stated.

The IMD declared the monsoon's beginning over Kerala one week earlier than usual—on June 1—and it arrived on the Indian subcontinent on Thursday.

The monsoon's arrival over Kerala will be delayed by four days, according to an earlier IMD forecast. However, it was further delayed by the hurricane in the Arabian Sea.

According to research, a monsoon onset delay over Kerala does not always correspond to a monsoon onset delay over northwest India. Typically, the rainy system makes it to Delhi by June 27.