Overnight rains bring mercury down by 7°C in Noida

Noida: The mercury fell by seven degrees Celsius on Tuesday in Noida due to rains and thunderstorm on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday

Noida: The mercury fell by seven degrees Celsius on Tuesday in Noida due to rains and thunderstorm on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The weather analysts said that the light rains may continue for another two days.

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According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the thunder activities were due to the easterly winds, a low pressure line in the region meeting an active western disturbance.

“It was a thunder activity and not a pre-monsoon activity. There is a low pressure trough line from Punjab to north-western Madhya Pradesh, and along with the western disturbance it led to the thunderstorm and rains. The maximum impact was observed on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The light rains may continue for another two days. However, mercury will start rising from June 4 by four to five degrees,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head, regional weather forecasting centre, IMD.

The average wind speed in the region is 30 kmph that kept the air quality under check, IMD said.

Meanwhile, the air quality of Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad improved slightly on Tuesday. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the air quality index (AQI) of Noida on Tuesday was 127 against 156 (both ‘moderate’) a day earlier. The AQI of Greater Noida was 138 against 166 a day earlier, while Ghaziabad recorded an AQI of 122 against 192 a day earlier.