Westerlies bring relief from heatwave, mercury drops to 41.3 Deg C

New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI) A fresh phase of Westerly winds today brought some relief from the ongoing heat wave in the capital, resulting in sharp drop in mercury to 41.3 Ddgrees Celsius.

Thick clouds, together with dust-raising winds, provided tremendous relief from the searing heat conditions that hit the capital over the last week, which saw mercury rising to 43.6 degrees Celsius yesterday, the highest in the last more than a month.

Today was somewhat pleasant outdoors, in sharp contrast to the scorching conditions all through the last week which kept most of the residents indoors.

The relief from the heat wave is likely to prevail in the coming days with the weather office predicting more dust-raising winds and thunderstorms accompanied with squall in the next 24 hours.

The weatherman have forecast a drop in maximum temperature to 40 degrees Celsius on Friday. They have even predicetd light showers on that day.

The mercury in the capital has been witnessing a rising trend since last Monday.

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