Heavy rain alert for four days from tomorrow

Moderate rainfall during the past 24 hours dipped the day and night temperatures considerably and also left most of the roads and streets waterlogged in Chandigarh.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for heavy rain coupled with thunderstorm at isolated places in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana for another four days, beginning Saturday. During the past 24 hours, Chandigarh received 39.6 mm downpour, which brought the maximum and minimum temperatures down by 3.5 and 2.8 degrees, respectively, as compared to yesterday.

While the moderate rainfall, mostly during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, gave respite from the hot and humid weather, it pained residents once again with a majority of roads, streets and rotaries turning into virtual pools of water.

While 39.2-mm rainfall was recorded between 5:30 pm on Wednesday and 8:30 am on Thursday, only 0.4 mm rainfall was logged during the day between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm.

The maximum day temperature slipped to 30.4 degree Celsius, which was 3.5

degrees less than yesterday and 2.8 degrees below normal. Similarly, the minimum night temperature dipped to 24.4 degree Celsius, which was 2.8 degrees less than previous night and 2.3 degrees below normal.

Mohali remained the least hot in the tricity region with 29.4 and 24.8 degree Celsius maximum and minimum temperature, respectively, which was 2.7 and 2.4 degrees less than previous day’s reading, respectively. Panchkula remained the hottest with 30.8 and 24.9 degree Celsius maximum and minimum temperature, respectively, which was also 2.7 and 2.3 degrees less than yesterday’s mercury, respectively.

The IMD recorded 24 mm rainfall in Mohali and only 0.5 mm in Panchkula during the past 24 hours.

However, the relative humidity remained high at 94%.

The weatherman has predicted partly and generally cloudy sky with thunderstorms and rain in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula for the next five days till August 5.

“As compared to yesterday, there was a fall of 0.6 and 0.2 degree in average maximum temperature, which was appreciably below normal by 3.4 and 4.5 degrees in Punjab and Haryana, respectively, on Thursday,” the IMD said.

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