Heavy showers, thunderstorm add to winter woes in Delhi; IMD forecasts more rain

Amid bonechilling winter unexpected rain accompanied with thunderstorms lashed the national capital for the second day on ThursdayThe heavy downpour that started on Wednesday morning has resulted in roads blockages and waterlogging further increasing the difficulty for the people of the city who already are facing the harsh winterAccording to the India Meteorological Departments prediction on Wednesday the weather in Delhi is likely to remain the same on Thursday One patch is moving across Delhi and is currently giving light to moderate rainfall at a few places accompanied by moderate to intense thunderstorms and lightning and gusty winds said IMDIMD further said that another patch was moving from Rohtak and Jhajjar towards DelhiAnother patch is moving from Rohtak and Jhajjar Haryana towards Delhi this may give another spell of light to moderate rainfall at a few places accompanied by moderate to intense thunderstorms lightning and gusty winds after 23 hours IMD further addedUnder the influence of two western disturbances several parts of the national capital received lightintensity rainfall on Wednesday afternoonAreas including RK Puram Safdarjung INA market Sarai Kale Khan and Lodhi colony in Delhi witnessed heavy downpour on WednesdayAs regards Western Himalayan Regions Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand also getting rainfallsnowfall activity and likely to continue during the night and morning hours of today shown in recent satellite imagery IMD saidThe Regional Meteorological Centre in Delhi forecasted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain over and adjoining areas of few places of Delhi Mundaka Punjabi Bagh Jafarpur Nazafgarh Dwarka Delhi Cantt Palam IGI Airport Ayanagar Deramandi NCR Gurugram Jhajjar Farukhnagar HaryanaMeanwhile parts of Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Gilgit Baltistan Muzaffarbad Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand recieved light to moderate fairly widespread to widespread snowfall and this is likely to continue during the next five days under the influence of the western disturbances as per IMDThe IMD had earlier said that light or moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is very likely over Punjab Chandigarh Haryana and Delhi and isolated to scattered rainfall over Uttar Pradesh East Rajasthan during January 31 and February 1The release further stated that no cold wave conditions are expected over any part of the country during the next five daysThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever