Delhi Weather Update: Several Flights Diverted To Jaipur As Heavy Rains Lash City

A hailstorm and downpour in parts of Delhi gave much-needed respite to people amid scorching heat.

An Air India aircraft prepares to land (File photo: getty)

New Delhi: Heavy rain in Delhi on Wednesday evening led to a delay in flight operation as three flights were diverted to Jaipur, Rajasthan, as reported by news agency ANI. Two domestic and one international flight were redirected and a few different flights were postponed today at Indira Gandhi International Airport. As per air terminal sources, the unexpected change in weather conditions affected the flight tasks at IGI. Something like three flights including an International flight is being redirected to the Jaipur air terminal.

"All the diversions happened between 5.55 pm to 6.20 pm as the weather was bad and safe landing was not possible," he said.

Due to rainy weather conditions in Delhi-NCR, three flights diverted to Jaipur, Rajasthan.

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A hailstorm and downpour in parts of Delhi gave much-needed respite to people amid scorching heat. People in Rohini, Pitampura, Najafgarh, Ashok Vihar, and Paschim Vihar announced hailstorms alongside downpour and solid breezes.

Portions of Punjab, Haryana, north Rajasthan, as well as west and central Uttar Pradesh, likewise saw hailstorms, light precipitation and breezes, weather forecasters said.

"A hailstorm and rain occurred at a few places in Delhi while cloudy skies persisted over most parts of the capital, which pulled the mercury down by a few notches in the evening," said Mahesh Palawat, Vice President (Meteorology and Climate Change), Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency.

This type of weather condition is typical in April and May, he added.

"The impact will linger for another day and the maximum temperature will start increasing from Friday. However, no heatwave is predicted for another four to five days," Palawat said.  

The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's base station, announced hints of rainfall. The maximum temperature settled at 39.1 degrees Celsius, a step above typical for this season. The minimum temperature was recorded at 28.8 degrees Celsius.

The India Meteorological Department said the mostly shady sky is anticipated over the capital for the following three days.

The mercury is set to ascend by four to five-bit over the course of the following six days. In any case, no heatwave is anticipated. A heatwave is pronounced when the greatest temperature is north of 40 degrees Celsius and somewhere around 4.5 steps better than average. An extreme heatwave is pronounced assuming the takeoff from ordinary temperature is more than 6.4 scores, as per the IMD.

In light of outright recorded temperatures, a heatwave is announced when a region logs a maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius.

A serious heatwave is likewise announced on the off chance that the maximum temperature crosses the 47-degrees Celsius mark.

With inadequate downpours inferable from weak western unsettling influences, Delhi had recorded its second-most sweltering April this year beginning around 1951 with a month-to-month normal greatest temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius.

The city's ordinary month-to-month normal temperature in April is 36.30 degrees Celsius. A heatwave at the month-end had sent the mercury taking off from 46 degrees Celsius to 47 degrees Celsius in a few pieces of the capital.

(With PTI inputs)