NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a generally cloudy sky for Wednesday with the possibility of light rain or thundershowers in the national capital.
IMD has issued an "orange" alert for Wednesday and a "yellow" alert for Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. For Friday, it has issued a "green" alert.
Some parts of the national capital witnessed rain on Tuesday that led to waterlogging and traffic snarls in a few areas.
The Safdarjung Observatory, the official marker for the national capital, recorded 3.6 mm of rainfall till 5.30 pm. Lodhi Road, the Ridge area, Noida and Pitampura recorded 1 mm, 17.6 mm, 2 mm and 7 mm of rainfall respectively between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm.
The maximum temperature was recorded at 35.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average, while the minimum settled at 25.8 degrees Celsius, a degree above normal.
Humidity levels oscillated between 89 per cent and 55 per cent.
The IMD uses four colour codes -- "green" means all is well, "yellow" indicates severely bad weather. It also suggests that the weather could change for the worse, causing disruptions in the day-to-day activities. An "orange" alert is issued as a warning for extremely bad weather with the potential of disruption in commute with road and drain closures and interruption of power supply. "Red" is when extremely bad weather conditions are certainly going to disrupt travel and power and pose significant risk to life.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 32 and 25 degrees Celsius respectively.
The minimum temperature was 26.5 degrees Celsius on Monday, while the maximum was 35.8 degrees Celsius.
