 "Delhi-NCR witnesses rain early morning today, expects more winds and rain")
Delhiites get relief from intense heat as they receive refreshing showers on Thursday mornings. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light to moderate rain in the coming hours, such as in Delhi, Sonipat, Ghaziabad, Noida, and Gurgaon.
Today the maximum and minimum temperature is expected to be around 36 and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) Delhi has also predicted light to moderate rain with thunderstorms in Delhi and adjoining areas today.
They shared the information through the thread of tweets, where they wrote, "29/06/2023: 09:05 IST; Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi ( Deramandi), NCR ( Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Safidon, Jind, Panipat, Gohana, Rohtak, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, and many other cities.
The thread added, "29/06/2023: 11:05 IST; Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Kaithal, Narwana, Barwala, Jind, Adampur, Hissar, Hansi, Siwani, Tosham, Mahendargarh, Narnaul (Haryana) Kotputli (Rajasthan)."
The monsoon in Delhi arrived two days before its scheduled onset, relieving Delhiites from the scorching heat.
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