Delhi weather: Monsoon expected to revive from tomorrow night

Delhi has had a long dry spell without a trace of rain since August 9, when the monsoon entered the “break” phase

After a 10-day long break, monsoon is expected to revive in the national Capital from Friday night, according to the forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD)

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Delhi has had a long dry spell without a trace of rain since August 9, when the monsoon entered the “break” phase.

A revised forecast on Thursday morning said that light rain or thundershowers may occur on August 20 evening/night while a moderate spell is likely on August 21, for which an orange alert has been issued this morning. Earlier this week, the IMD had predicted thundershowers on Thursday evening itself with more rain activity on Friday, marking the end of the break phase.

Senior weather officials had said that Delhi will receive south-easterly winds, which will increase the moisture content in the atmosphere by early Thursday morning as well as patchy rain in some parts of the city by evening.

The weather officials attributed the high temperatures so far to the hot and dry winds from Pakistan, which is rare for this time of the year.

However, they said, that the temperature is expected to drop from Friday onwards, as rain and thunder activity is likely.