Showers bring relief as weatherman predicts more rainfall

Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh received welcome showers today which brought some relief while the weatherman predicted rainfall in other parts of northern India this week.
In Delhi, the forecast is for generally cloudy skies tomorrow with the chance of rain or thundershowers in some areas as the city grappled with high humidity.
The maximum temperature in the national capital touched 41.6 degrees Celsius, up two notches from yesterday's 39.8 degrees while the minimum, at 29.6 degrees, was slightly lower than the previous day's 30.2 degrees.
Light to moderate rainfall brought the mercury down in some parts of Rajasthan where Jaipur registered a maximum of 37 degrees, as against 41.4 degrees recorded yesterday.

However, heat wave conditions prevalent at isolated areas in the north-western parts of the state are likely to continue over the coming 24 hours, weather officials said.
Bakani received 7-cm rainfall while Khanpur and Sangaria, recorded 4-cm showers each. At Ajmer, rain which started in the morning, measured 25-mm by evening.

Certain areas in Himachal Pradesh, on the other hand, received heavy rainfall.
Jogindernagar in Mandi district was the wettest place in the hill state with 101-mm rainfall while Baijnath, Palampur and Kangra were among the other places that received showers.
The rains also increased humidity with the lower hills reeling under sweltering heat as Una recorded a maximum of 40.4 degrees followed by Bhunter at 35 degrees, weather officials said.