No heavy rain in Chandigarh, MeT forecast way off

After the orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall predicted for Sunday and Monday going wrong, the yellow alert of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) for heavy rain predicted in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula and other parts of Punjab and Haryana for Tuesday also proved incorrect as the tricity region just got brief drizzling today.

The weathermen, however, have re-issued a yellow alert for heavy rain coupled with thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana for Wednesday and Thursday.

Following the drizzling and overcast sky during the day, the residents got some respite from the sweltering hot weather conditions but the relative humidity rose to 89%. The day and night temperatures in the tricity region also remained almost the same as on Monday with dip of just 0.9 degree in the maximum and 1.4 degrees in the minimum readings during the past 24 hours.

The weathermen have predicted a generally and partly cloudy sky with thunderstorms and rain in the tricity till July 13.