Despite overcast skies and a drizzle-like atmosphere lingering over the city, the much-anticipated monsoon continues to elude Delhi. With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) repeatedly issuing yellow alerts and predicting the monsoons arrival over the past few days, residents continue to wait as the forecasts have yet to materialise. Despite a slight dip in the maximum temperature, the overall humidity made the day uncomfortable for residents. The IMD has forecast thunderstorm with rain for Friday.  In its Wednesday bulletin, the IMD stated that the monsoon was likely to cover Delhi within the next 24 hours (by Thursday).  Meanwhile, on Thursday, in reference to Wednesdays prediction, the weather department said that cloudy conditions had prevailed over the city for the past three to four days. On Monday, the IMD predicted that monsoon is likely to arrive by Tuesday. This is not the first time, the weather department went horribly wrong in its predictions. However, only very light to light rainfall occurred at a few places in the region. The IMD added that Delhi experienced persistent southeasterly winds during this period due to an east-west seasonal trough and a convergence line running to the south of the city, up to about 2 km above surface level. As a result, there was consistent moisture incursion into the city, leading to low to medium clouds and scattered light to very light rainfall. However, the mid-and upper-level wind and circulation patterns were dominated by an anticyclonic circulation/ridge over the region, which inhibited the advance of the monsoon towards Delhi. The same pattern was observed over southwest Uttar Pradesh and adjoining areas of Haryana and Rajasthan, the IMD said.  This pattern, however, is likely to change over the next three to four days with the northward movement of the seasonal east-west trough and the weakening of the mid- and upper-level anticyclonic circulation and ridge over the region, it added. Typically, the southwest monsoon reaches the city around June 30. In comparison, the monsoon reached Delhi on June 28 last year, June 25 in 2023, June 30 in 2022 and July 13 in 2021. Meanwhile, the national capital on Thursday recorded a maximum temperature of 38 degree Celsius, 2.3 notches below the seasons average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The minimum temperature was 28.6 degrees Celsius, 0.7 notches above the seasons average with the relative humidity was 74 per cent at 5.30 pm.

Stay updated with all the Delhi Latest News headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.