New Delhi: Thunderstorms with moderate rainfall hit parts of Delhi, Noida, and Gurugram, bringing the minimum temperature to 11 degrees Celcius on Thursday.
The weather office predicted light to moderate rainfall during the day as the weather takes a turn for the worse.
“Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and wind speed of 20-30 Kmph would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of entire Delhi and NCR (Hindon AF, Loni Dehat, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Indrapuram, Gurugram) Kurukshetra”, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
IMD also informed that there is a yellow alert for heavy snowfall in the higher areas of Himachal Pradesh including Chamba, Spiti, Kullu, Shimla.
As per a release issued by the IMD on Wednesday, there is a possibility of widespread light/moderate rain/snowfall in the Western Himalayan region till February 4. At the same time, isolated hailstorms may occur in Himachal Pradesh today and Uttarakhand on February 3 and 4. Apart from this, isolated heavy rain/snowfall may occur in Himachal Pradesh on February 3.