Sunday, 1 March 2015

Rains, strong winds lead to waterlogging, lower temperature in capital ;

 
Picture used for representational purpose.Rains accompanied by winds continued on Monday morning and brought much needed relief to the people of the national capital which had turned unusually warm in recent days.
The weather is expected to remain mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorm heavier than Sunday.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wished the students appearing for their board exams which are starting from Monday and advised them to leave early since there are massive traffic jams on the roads of Delhi.
He has also asked the AAP volunteers to help clear the jam.
"Till Monday 5.30 a.m., Delhi received 56.8mm rainfall. It is likely to rain more. The day ahead is also likely to be overcast," said an official of the India Meteorological Department.
The maximum temperature of the day is likely to hover around 18 degrees Celsius.
Sunday's maximum temperature was 19 degrees Celsius, eight notches below the season's average and the minimum temperature settled at 15.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average.
The entire North India is witnessing heavy rainfall. Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand were engulfed in rain and snowfall.
Jammu-Srinagar highway has also been closed due to heavy snowfall and landslides.
Due to deepening of the westerly trough into central Arabian sea, the wind confluence is continuing over central India and neighbourhood.



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