Brief rain brings relief, disruption

Several parts of the city received light to moderate rain on Friday, bringing brief respite from muggy conditions, but leading to waterlogging in some areas and subsequent traffic snarls.

- Aheli Das and Snehil Sinha

Showers are also expected over the weekend, as the India Meteorological department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the period, warning of possible light to moderate rain.

On Friday, while base weather station Safdarjung did not record any rain, other stations recorded significant rain — Pusa recorded 13.5mm of rain between 11.30am to 2.30pm and 21mm of rain between 2.30pm and 5.30pm; Janakpuri recorded 15mm of rain between 11.30am and 2.30pm and 0.5mm of rain in the next few hours; Ridge recorded 4.4mm of rain throughout the day till 5.30pm, and Palam recorded 5.2mm of rain.

According to IMD, up to 15.5mm of rainfall is considered as “light rainfall”, 15.6mm to 64.4mm as “moderate rainfall”, 64.5mm to 115.5mm as “heavy rainfall” and 115.6mm to 204.4mm is considered as “very heavy rainfall”.