Residents of Delhi woke up to cloudy skies on Monday as the meeting office predicted partly cloudy skies with a chance of very light rain by evening.
Apart from the Met Office, a private weather forecast channel on X, IndiaMetSky weather, predicted light rainfall in Delhi.
A private channel also predicted rain and cloudy skies over South Haryana, East Rajasthan, North Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and adjoining hills of Uttarakhand on Monday.
Eastern parts of Rajasthan experienced a spell of rain on Monday evening, the IMD said.
According to the Jaipur Meteorological Centre, several places in eastern Rajasthan received light to moderate rainfall during the last 24 hours, with Khatholi (Kota) receiving 69 mm of rainfall. However, western Rajasthan remained mostly dry.
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Delhi is raining today
The chance of rain in Delhi today is due to “low instability and surge of moist easterly winds from outer Arabian Sea LPA belts and supporting atmospheric wave,” IndiaMetSky Weather said on X.
“Some convergence will trigger some activity into the afternoon and the day will remain slightly breezy in places that are east of this setup,” the private meteorologist said.
“Smoke, dust and other pollutants will be pushed back over #Haryana, #Punjab and adjoining Pakistan region and will be densely packed. By late October they will be blown back over the Northern Plains,” it added.
This comes ahead of the first cloud deployment trial in Delhi, which is scheduled for October 29.
Rains lash Rajasthan
The weather took a turn in parts of Rajasthan on Monday with rain in several eastern districts and Jaipur seeing cloudy skies.
Clouds covered the sky in Jaipur throughout the day and light drizzle was reported at a few places.
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The MeT department said the new weather system is likely to cause moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning in parts of Udaipur, Kota, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Jaipur and Bharatpur divisions on Monday and Tuesday.
Delhi AQI today
Air quality in Delhi remained poor on Monday, a week after Diwali, even as the city saw cloudy skies.
According to the IMD, the national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 17.3 degrees Celsius, 0.1 degrees above the season’s average.
The maximum temperature in Delhi is expected to remain around 29 degrees Celsius.
According to the Sameer Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) application, localities like Bawana and Anand Vihar recorded severe air quality with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 401 and 431, respectively.
Of the 38 monitoring stations across the city, 23 reported very poor air quality with readings above 300.
