Heavy rain, thunderstorm in parts of Delhi-NCR; orange alert issued

Delhi-NCR was hit by heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms on Tuesday, bringing much-needed relief from the heat. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for the National Capital.

The MeT department shared the latest weather forecast in a post on X and said, “Light to moderate rainfall accompanied by light thunderstorm and lightning is very likely to occur at many places in Delhi & NCR, Kaithal, Narwana, Rajaund, Assandh, Safidon, Barwala, Jind, Panipat, Gohana (Haryana), Muzaffarnagar, Bagpat, and Khekra.”

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“Light rainfall is very likely to happen at Kurukshetra, Karnal, Gannaur, Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Charkhi Dadri, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Narnaul (Haryana), Deoband, Khatauli, Baraut, Khurja, Hathras, Sadabad (U.P.), Jhunjunu, Nagar, Laxmangarh, and Rajgarh (Rajasthan) during the next 2 hours,” they added.

According to the IMD, the city’s maximum temperature was recorded at 35.2 degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature was recorded as 26.7 degrees Celsius. Relative humidity was reported at 97 per cent at 8:30 am. The maximum temperature is expected to reach around 35 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, Delhi’s air quality remains in the ‘Satisfactory’ range, and the Air Quality Index (AQI) currently stands at 89.

As per the Central Pollution Control Board, AQI levels are classified as 0-50 as good, 51-100 as satisfactory, 101-200 as moderate, 201-300 as poor, 301-400 as very poor, and 401-500 as severe.

According to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) at 4 PM on Tuesday, AQI levels varied across different parts of Delhi-NCR. Gurugram recorded an AQI of 140, placing it in the ‘moderate’ category, while Ghaziabad reported an AQI of 92, and Noida recorded a ‘satisfactory’ level of 73.