NEW DELHI: Drizzle was recorded in parts of the capital on Sunday. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), rain activity is expected to pick up in the last two days of the month.
While light showers are forecast for Monday, moderate rainfall may occur at some places on Tuesday and Wednesday. Officials say rainfall is expected to continue till Friday, but Delhi is unlikely to receive a spell of ‘heavy’ rainfall during this period.
Safdarjung, Delhi’s base station, had received 214.5mm of rainfall so far this month till 8.30am on Sunday, with the normal mark being at 241.9mm. However, the station recorded no rainfall during the day. This means the station is currently at a deficit of 11%, officials said.
“The monsoon trough is still south of Delhi-NCR, but some light to moderate rainfall activity will still occur in the region. Unless decent rain is recorded on Tuesday, Safdarjung could end the month in a slight deficit,” said an official.
While no rainfall was recorded at Safdarjung, Lodhi Road recorded ‘trace’ rainfall between 8.30 am on Saturday and 8.30 am on Sunday, Ridge recorded 22.2mm and Najafgarh received 0.5mm during this period. Between 8.30am and 5.30pm on Sunday, only Palam received rain, recording ‘trace’ rainfall.
Delhi’s air quality remains in the ‘moderate’ category. It showed an improvement on Sunday, dropping from 147 (moderate) on Saturday to 119. Safar, a government air quality forecasting body, says AQI is likely to stay in the ‘moderate’ category in the next two days as well, with PM 10 remaining the lead pollutant.
External dust from western part of Delhi and local resuspended dust within NCR are not able to get dispersed due to low wind speeds.
