NEW DELHI: The city may see light-to-very-light rain showers on Thursday evening due to a feeble western disturbance in the region.
Weather analysts say this may lead to clouding and increase the minimum temperature but may decrease the daytime mercury on Friday.
According to the India Meteorological Department, Delhi on Wednesday recorded a maximum and minimum temperature of 22.5 and 7.8 degrees Celsius — both one degree Celsius below the season’s average — against 22.4 and 7.5 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The maximum and minimum temperature on Thursday is expected to hover around 22 and 7 degrees Celsius.
“There are chances of very light rainfall or drizzling on Thursday evening. This will also lead to cloudiness due to a feeble western disturbance in the region. The wind speed will increase from December 17. Colder winds are expected between 17 and 21, which may bring the minimum temperatures to around 5 or 6 degrees Celsius. The region will see mostly shallow fog towards the morning hours,” said RK Jenamani, senior scientists (IMD).
Jenamani added that another western disturbance between 21 and 22 may decide how the weather around Christmas would be.
“There is a cyclonic circulation over Haryana, which may pass over the northern part of the capital and lead to some light rainfall in Delhi-NCR over Thursday night or evening,” said Mahesh Palawat, vice-president, meteorology and climate change, Skymet.
