Weather dept gets it wrong again!

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Weather dept gets it wrong again!

Thursday, 16 June 2022 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Heatwave returned to parts of the Capital despite the weather department predicting a cloudy sky and light rain on Wednesday. At least four out of the 11 weather stations in Delhi recorded a heatwave as the maximum temperatures at these places settled at least 4.5 notches above normal.

The Safdarjung Observatory, the city's base station, recorded a maximum temperature of 42.2 degrees Celsius as against 39.6 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. The mercury jumped to 45.1 degrees Celsius at Mungeshpur in northwest Delhi, making it the hottest place in the Capital.

Weather experts said thunderstorm activity remained confined to parts of Uttar Pradesh such as Mathura, Hathras and Aligarh. A trough persisting over this region is likely to move down towards Delhi, they said.

"A fresh Western Disturbance, an induced cyclonic circulation over Punjab and moisture-laden easterly winds will provide relief from heat from Thursday," said Mahesh Palawat, vice-president (climate change and meteorology), Skymet Weather.

He said pre-monsoon activity in tropical and sub-tropical regions is a sudden development due to high temperatures and humidity and a micro prediction of such development is difficult.

Such events are not associated with a pre-defined or prominent weather system such as a low-pressure area that could help weather forecasters predict the area of impact with good probability, he said. The Met office had issued a yellow alert, warning of thundershowers and gusty winds towards afternoon or evening.

 

On Tuesday, a cloud cover had cocooned Delhi, causing the maximum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory to drop below 40 degrees Celsius for the first time this month.

 

 

 

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