Scorching heat returns to Delhi, mercury rises to 41.6 degree C

New Delhi, May 15 (UNI) After a cool weather for over a week, scorching heat conditions returned to Delhi today with the mercury shooting up to 41.6 degree Celsius.

After a pleasant weather for the whole of last week, Delhiites were left sweating under hot and sultry conditions as the maximum temperature shot up from 38.5 degree C yesterday to 41.6 degree C today, one degree above normal.

For the first time in the last over a week, scorching heat forced people of Delhi to remain ensconced in the comfort of their homes or airconditioned offices.

The coming days could, however, bring some relief from heat with the weathermen predicting fresh duststorms or thunderstorms accompanied by thundersqualls in Delhi and other parts of Northwest India during the next three days under the influence of a fresh upper air circulation.

The weather office has forecast a mainly clear sky likely to become partly cloudy in Delhi during the next 24 hours.

They have also forecast a drop in maximum temperature to 38 degree C tomorrow and 36 degree C on Friday.

Today's rise in temperature comes after over a week of pleasant weather which saw the cooling down of the capital by a series of thunderstorms and showers under the influence of an upper air circulation.

Heavy showers and a squall on Friday night cooled down the Capital by bringing the mercury down by 14 degrees Celsius.

On subsequent days too, the maximum temperature remained at 38 degree C, two degrees below normal.

UNI