It rained in Lucknow…a little, but more in the pipeline, assures Met office

The IMD monsoon bulletin said that conditions were favourable for the further advance of the Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of Uttar Pradesh.

After the brief pre-monsoon showers that the state capital experienced on Monday, Lucknow Meteorological office director JP Gupta said, “Lucknow may experience a few more spells of pre-monsoon rain before the actual monsoon arrives in the central parts of Uttar Pradesh.”

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The state capital experienced brief showers on Monday that brought negligible relief from the sultry weather, even as humidity levels shot up. To add to the misery of the people, the breeze over the last few days that was a huge relief in the heat, stopped completely.

However, the IMD monsoon bulletin said that conditions were favourable for the further advance of the Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of Uttar Pradesh.

The Met department has issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rain with thunderstorms and lightning very likely over Deoria, Gorakhpur and at isolated places over East UP, and heavy rain is very likely at isolated places over West UP. There is a forecast for thunderstorms accompanied by lighting very likely at isolated places over the state.

The maximum and minimum temperatures in the state capital were 39.4 and 30 degrees Celsius, respectively. Both were above normal. The forecast for Lucknow is partly cloudy sky, rain/thundershowers is very likely in some areas.

Taj city, Agra and Fatehgarh were the hottest places in the state with 41.9 degrees Celsius, Kanpur 41.5, Etawah 41.4 and Banda 40.6.