While a sudden spell of intense storm and rain caused temperatures in parts of Delhi to sharply drop by as much as 19 degrees Celsius, southwest monsoon entered India via Kerala on Thursday, bringing heavy downpour for the state and its adjoining regions.
After monsoon's arrival in India on Thursday, the India Meteorological Department said conditions are likely to become favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra, entire Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, some parts of Telangana, some more parts of Andhra Pradesh, entire South Bay of Bengal, some more parts of Westcentral, Eastcentral and some more parts of North Bay of Bengal and entire Northeastern states during remaining days of the week.
Top weather updates:
- Delhi feels cold: After a scorching day that saw the mercury touch 40.5 degrees Celsius, thunderstorms, rain and strong winds cooled large parts of Delhi on Thursday evening, Thunderstorms and gusty winds touching 91kmph caused temperatures to plunge by nine degrees Celsius to 19 degrees Celsius in parts of Delhi within hours.
- Delhi weather today: Delhi was under a yellow alert on Friday for strong surface winds, according to the nowcast seen at IMD's website at around 8:30 am.
- Mumbai weather: In Mumbai, the IMD issued a yellow alert for Friday over heavy rain, thunderstorm and lightning as well as strong surface winds.
- Indore weather: Madhya Pradesh's Indore is witnessing an unusually cool start to June as pre-monsoon showers and strong winds pushed the minimum temperature down to 18.6 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, making it the coldest June night recorded in the city in the past six years.
- Kerala weather: Most districts of Kerala were under an orange alert while some were under a yellow warning for very heavy rain on Friday as the state welcomed southwest monsoon a day earlier.
