The IMD on Sunday said conditions are favourable for the monsoon to advance further across northern states over the next five to six days.
After an unusually hot spell and a delayed onset of the southwest monsoon, Delhi and several parts of north India may finally be in for relief.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said conditions are favourable for the monsoon to advance further across northern states over the next five to six days, while warning that heatwave conditions are likely to continue in parts of Uttar Pradesh for now, according to a PTI report.
According to the IMD, the monsoon is expected to cover more parts of the North Arabian Sea, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand over the next two to three days.
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When will Delhi receive rainfall?
Private weather forecaster Skymet said Delhi is likely to receive the monsoon by July 4 if conditions remain favourable.
The weather agency attributed the delay to the interaction of dry westerly winds from Pakistan and moisture-laden southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea, a combination that has pushed up both temperatures and humidity without producing widespread rainfall, the PTI report added.
Expert explains Delhi weather
"Normally, the monsoon reaches Delhi around June 27-28. This year, however, it is likely to be delayed by about a week," Mahesh Palawat, Vice President (Meteorology and Climate Change), Skymet, said.
Explaining the prevailing weather, Palawat said dry and moist air masses have been interacting over Delhi, leading to cloud formation but insufficient moisture for widespread rain.
Since the clouds typically develop only in the late afternoon, after the day's peak temperature has already been recorded, both the actual and "feels-like" temperatures have remained unusually high.
Delhi continued to swelter on Sunday, recording its warmest morning in two years. The minimum temperature settled at 31.1 degrees Celsius, 3.2 degrees above normal, while the maximum climbed to 41.8 degrees Celsius.
