Rains across city bring respite from scorching heat

Light to moderate rainfall, along with thunder and lightning activities, was experienced across Pune on Thursday as the change in weather conditions brought a respite from the scorching heat.

- Gayatri Vajpayee [e-mail]

PUNE: As per the official data by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Pune, Shivajinagar reported 7.5 mm of rainfall till 8:30 pm.

On Thursday, many areas in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad and even in the rural parts of the district received light to moderate rainfall during the evening hours. As per the weather scientist, the thunderstorms or the cumulonimbus cloud started forming over Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad around 4 pm. A strong thunderstorm was witnessed near the Chakan area. This cloud formation resulted in light to moderate-category rainfall in many areas.

While Pashan, Baner, Bavdhan, Katraj, and Sinhgad Road areas reported moderate category rainfall; Shivajinagar, Koregaon Park, Chinchwad and the Central part of the city witnessed light showers. Few localities in Bavdhan and Baner reported hailstorms.

Apart from Pune, many other districts also received significant rainfall, along with thunder and lightning activities and isolated hailstorm incidents. As per the official data by IMD, Mahabaleshwar on Thursday reported a significant rainfall of 41 mm till 6 pm.