Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula weather: Dry spell for 2 days, followed by 4-day heavy rain alert from August 22

After a sudden and heavy spell of rain in the northern sectors of Chandigarh on Tuesday evening, the tricity region--Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula--is likely to remain dry on Wednesday and Thursday before experiencing another heavy spell of rain for the next four days, from Friday to Monday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the tricity region is likely to remain dry with a partly cloudy sky on Wednesday and Thursday, before the possibility of heavy rain from August 22 to 25.

The IMD has issued a yellow alert for heavy rain coupled with thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places in Chandigarh, Punjab, and Haryana from August 22 to 25.

Yesterday, the northern sectors of Chandigarh were flooded after 35 mm of rainfall inundated most parts of Sector 1 to 15, with water reaching knee-deep levels. The downpour, which began after 5:30 pm, continued for almost an hour, disrupting normal life after the Madhya Marg grid and other major roads and junctions in the northern parts of the city witnessed massive traffic jams and chaos until late in the evening.

The massive waterlogging once again exposed the inefficiency and indifferent attitude of the Municipal Corporation authorities.

The IMD’s observatory at DAV School in Sector 7 recorded 35 mm of rainfall between 5:30 pm and 7 pm, while no downpour was experienced at the IMD’s two other observatories in the city, located in Sector 39 and the IAF station.

Also, Mohali did not experience any downpour on Tuesday.

Following last evening’s scattered rainfall, Chandigarh recorded a night temperature of 25.2 degrees Celsius, which was 0.2 degrees and 0.3 degrees less than the previous night and below normal, respectively.

While Panchkula logged 24.5 degrees Celsius, Mohali measured a night temperature of 26.4 degrees Celsius.