Overview

• All Delhi districts and Gurugram were placed under an orange alert, with Ghaziabad and Noida under a yellow alert, and IMD nowcast timings showed warnings in effect into the early hours of Monday.
• IMD forecasts multiple spells of rain through Monday and Tuesday as a strong western disturbance affects northwest India.
• Private forecasters caution that the system may produce heavy rain in places, hail in parts of the plains, and snowfall over the upper Himalayas.
• Temperatures are expected to ease, with the minimum likely to fall toward about 20°C by Wednesday as northwesterly winds set in.
• Safdarjung has recorded 51.8 mm of rain in early October, placing the month in the excess category as authorities also expect a short-term improvement in air quality to the satisfactory band.