IMD has forecast heavy rainfall in the national capital of India for four day beginning from Sunday
The capital is probably going to witness moderate to heavy rains over subsequent four days, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday.
Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the IMD’s regional forecasting center, said the monsoon trough is probably going to shift northward and can stay on the brink of the Delhi-NCR region from Sunday evening to Wednesday.
“During this era , southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea and easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal will reach Haryana, Delhi-NCR and west Uttar Pradesh in lower levels. A cyclonic circulation also will develop over Madhya Pradesh and adjoining UP at an equivalent time,” he said.
“As a result, moderate rain, including one or two spells of intense rains, will occur over Delhi,” Srivastava said.
Heavy rainfall is additionally predicted at isolated places in east and west UP, east Rajasthan, Haryana, north Punjab, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
Fairly widespread rainfall will occur over northwest India apart from west Rajasthan, the IMD said