No Significant Rainfall For Delhi-Sultry Weather Continue
No Signs of Rain in Delhi, Hot and Humid Days Will Persist | Image: Canva
Delhi has not recorded any rainfall for the fifth consecutive day. Actually, unlike other days, none of the observatories in the Delhi area registered any rainfall in the past 24 hours. The long pause in the rains resulted in a rise in the day temperatures. Base station Safdarjung, along with Palam and Lodhi Road Office, breached 35°C after a gap of 10 days.
Safdarjung recorded the highest temperature of the first week of August at 35.8°C, nearly 2°C above normal. The mercury is expected to remain above 35°C today as well, with a marginal drop on the weekend.
Monsoon Returns: Rain Deficit Likely to Shrink in East Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
There was no major change in the weather pattern around the Delhi region and therefore, no weather activity. The monsoon trough stayed north of Delhi, very close to the foothills. Now, there is a likelihood of a circulation forming over Southwest Uttar Pradesh in the lower levels. This will pull the monsoon trough southward. It is expected to run close to Delhi for the next three days. This system is not getting any support from other features and so, the weather activity will remain limited.
With the mercury hovering in the mid-30s and the proximity of the monsoon trough to the national capital, some stray showers are quite likely over a few parts of Delhi/NCR. This pattern will endure till 10th August, and the circulation will get subsumed in the monsoon trough itself later. A monsoon revival with decent showers is likely for Delhi/NCR only in the second half of August. A monsoon low pressure will form over the Bay of Bengal around 13th August. Its subsequent movement inland will rejuvenate the monsoon activity for the country in general. Delhi will have to wait at least till 15th–16th August to get reasonably good monsoon showers.
