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Rain lashes parts of Delhi, UP likely to witness spell of showers in next 3-4 hours

Parts of the nationwide capital witnessed rainfall on Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, the climate division had predicted monsoon to hit the nationwide capital within the subsequent 48 hours.

“Rainfall would occur over Delhi-NCR during next 3-4 hours,” Dr Kuldeep Srivastava, head, Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC), Delhi mentioned.

Areas in Uttar Pradesh are additionally more likely to expertise rainfall within the subsequent three to 4 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned on Wednesday morning.

Rain and thundershowers, coupled with lightning, are very more likely to happen right this moment within the subsequent three hours over just a few locations in Uttar Pradesh, together with Budaun, Sambhal, Aligarh, Bulandshahr, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Saharanpur, Hapur, Amroha, Meerut, GB Nagar, Mathura, Hathras, Raebareli, Lucknow, Barabanki districts, IMD, Lucknow states.

 

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The southwest monsoon additional superior in some elements of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the MeT division mentioned on Tuesday, including that circumstances are additionally turning into beneficial for the additional advance of the monsoon into the remaining elements of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab and Rajasthan within the subsequent 48 hours.

“Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is also likely over remaining parts of the western Himalayan region and the plains of north-west India during 24th-25th June,” it mentioned.

 

On Monday, the division had predicted that monsoon is more likely to hit elements of western Uttar Pradesh, together with Noida and Ghaziabad, within the subsequent 24 to 48 hours.

“Weather conditions are favourable for the further advancing of monsoon over some more parts of Uttar Pradesh. The monsoon is likely to reach the Noida-Ghaziabad area within next 24 to 48 hours and subsequently across other regions of Delhi-NCR,” mentioned Kuldeep Srivastava, head, regional climate forecasting centre, IMD.

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