GURUGRAM: The city is likely to witness light showers over the next few days owing to western disturbance.
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While the intensity of rain will peak on Wednesday and Saturday, cloudy skies and drizzle is expected to continue till January 9. The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Wednesday and predicted thunderstorm and light rain in south Haryana, which includes Gurugram too.
On Tuesday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 8.1— two notches above normal — and it is expected to remain so in the coming days. The maximum temperature settled at 21.8 degrees Celsius.
“We are expecting light to moderate intensity rains over several parts of Haryana, including Gurugram, due to the active western disturbance in the region. From Tuesday night till Thursday morning, there is a possibility of rain and afterward another western disturbance is approaching on January 7, which will also bring rain on Saturday. Due to cloudy weather and rains, daytime temperature is expected to drop significantly on Wednesday, while the minimum temperature will see slight rise,” said Manmohan Singh, director IMD Chandigarh.
According to IMD weekly forecast, the minimum temperature is likely to touch 10 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and the maximum temperature is expected to drop to 15 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the residents continued to breathe foul air with the Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining in the ‘very poor’ category for the fifth day in a row. The overall AQI reading was at 353, as against 355 on Monday.
According to the IMD official, some improvement in the AQI level is expected in the coming days owing to rain and good local surface winds. “Rain and increased wind speed would help in dispersal of accumulated pollutants and we are expecting some improvement in the AQI level in the next few days,” the IMD official said.
The capital’s air quality index (AQI), meanwhile, remained in the ‘very poor’ category and is likely to improve to ‘poor’ category on January 6.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 8.5 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal, on Tuesday. The maximum temperature stayed at 23.2 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal.
