Gurgaon: After two days of cloudy skies and intermittent rain, the city woke up to clear weather on Wednesday. The break from the rainfall is expected to be short-lived, with another wet spell likely later this week.On Wednesday night, temperatures dipped due to clear skies. At the Gurgaon KVK observatory, the minimum temperature dropped to 16.6 degrees Celsius from 17.9 degrees Celsius a day earlier. A similar trend was recorded at the NorthCap University monitoring station, where the minimum dropped from 19.4 degrees Celsius to 17.4 degrees Celsius. However, the daytime temperature was not recorded at the IMD observatories.According to data from the district administration, the city recorded 5 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, while Sohna tehsil received slightly higher precipitation at 6 mm.IMD said weather conditions are expected to remain dry and clear over the next 24 hours. However, this is likely to be short-lived, with another western disturbance already forming. According to IMD, a fresh western disturbance, currently seen as a cyclonic circulation over east Iran and adjoining regions, is moving towards northwest India. Additionally, an upper air cyclonic circulation persists over southeast Pakistan and adjoining Kutch.An active western disturbance is likely to impact the western Himalayan region from April 2, triggering a fresh spell of rainfall across parts of Haryana, including Gurgaon. The IMD has issued an orange alert for Friday and a yellow alert for Saturday for Gurgaon.“Under its influence, the city is likely to witness scattered, fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds. Wind speeds may reach 40-50 kmph, with gusts up to 60 kmph in some areas,” IMD said.Meanwhile, maximum temperatures are expected to gradually rise by 2-4 degrees Celsius until Friday. However, a subsequent drop of 2-4 degrees Celsius is likely on Friday and Saturday as cloud cover and rainfall return.
