NEW DELHI: Cloud-laden skies blanketed Delhi on Friday morning as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for thunderstorms and rain, a day after heavy showers lashed the national capital.According to the IMD, the city received moderate rainfall over the past 24 hours, with Safdarjung, Delhi’s base weather station, recording 33.6 mm of rain till 8.30 am.Lodhi Road received 33.7 mm of rainfall, followed by Ridge at 25.9 mm, Ayanagar at 4.2 mm and Palam at 1.8 mm during the same period.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and very light to light, with moderate rainfall at isolated places during the afternoon and evening.A yellow alert has been issued for the national capital.Humidity stood at 92% at 8.30 am, while the minimum temperature settled at 25.8 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung, 1.5 degrees below normal, according to the IMD.Across other weather stations, Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 24.4 degrees Celsius, 2.8 degrees below normal, while Lodhi Road registered 25.7 degrees Celsius, 0.3 degrees below normal.The Ridge station recorded a minimum of 22.9 degrees Celsius, 3.6 degrees below normal, while Ayanagar logged 24.6 degrees Celsius, 2.4 degrees below normal.Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 54 at 9 am, placing it in the ‘satisfactory’ category, according to Central Pollution Control Board data.An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.(With agency inputs)
