Cloudy sky, pleasant weather prevails in Capital

New Delhi, Mar 16 (UNI) A cloud cover enveloped the Delhi skyline with the coolness in the air, caused by the rains experienced by the capital over the last week, persisting today.

Though the minimum temperature today rose slightly to 14.9 degrees Celsius today, the pleasant weather, that followed the rainfall in the capital over the last one week, continued to bring relief to the people of Delhi, who have been experiencing scorching weather conditions since the beginning of February.

The maximum temperature today was recorded at 28 degree C.

The capital has, since last Wednesday, witnessed three spells of rainfall. Last Wednesday saw a sudden burst of hailstorms and rain in Delhi after a thick cloud cover enveloped the skyline towards the evening. Then, Delhi was lashed by heavy rains on Saturday.

Then , on the eve of Holi, light rains lashed Delhi sending the mercury plumetting to nearly 22 degree Celsius.

The sudden turnaround of weather, from the scorching conditions the capital has been experiencing since the beginning of February to the cool climes since last Wednesday, is being attibuted to the influence of an upper air cyclonic storm originating from areas in Rajasthan which has also resulted in fresh rainfall in Himachal and Punjab over the last week.

The coolness in the air is expected to continue for the next few days with the weather office forecasting a partly cloudy sky and thundershowers in Delhi in the next 24 hours.

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