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Wednesday, Feb 16, 2005

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More showers in the offing

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, FEB. 15. The sunny afternoons may have deceived Delhiites but according to the weatherman, it's not yet time to put away the woollens. The unexpected showers that began last night not only doused the city but also sent the mercury plummeting down. And if the Met Department is to be believed, this would continue for at least another 24 hours.

With fairly heavy rainfall in the month of February, the city has already crossed the normal target of rainfall for the month. While the normal rainfall for the month of February is 20.6 mm, till now, the city has already doubled this figure with 45.5 mm of rainfall. Till about 8-30 on Tuesday morning, Delhi had recorded a rainfall of 2.4 mm. With more rainfall during the day, the Capital had recorded 2.1 mm till 8-30 p.m.

"This is due to two systems currently operating over the region. There is a low-pressure area over North Western Rajasthan adjoining Central Pakistan. Till yesterday, this was a feeble system but today it has taken the shape of a low-pressure area. Also, there is a system of Western Disturbances over North Pakistan adjoining Jammu and Kashmir. It is the combination of both these systems that has caused rain all over Northern India. There has been rain both in the hills and the plains," said director of Met Department, R.D. Singh.

According to the weatherman, the system would be effective for at least another 24 hours, if not more. "The rainfall would continue for another two days. Wednesday will definitely record more rainfall and it is likely to be the same on Thursday," said Dr. Singh.

With the change in weather, the mercury has also taken a downward slide. While Monday recorded a maximum of 23.8 degrees Celsuis, Tuesday's maximum temperature was 22.4 degrees Celsius. While the maximum temperature is not much below the season's normal of 23 degrees Celsius, it was the clouding that resulted in the wintry day. "The sky was over cast. Therefore, the incoming solar radiation was blocked during the day. Because of this, it was a cold day. The maximum temperature is close to normal because the sky cleared up for some time during the day," explained Dr. Singh.

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