Monday, December 23, 2024

Showers in Bengaluru bring relief from scorching heat

After facing severe heat for the past few days, Bengaluru was blessed with some relief in the form of rain on Wednesday. 

After facing severe heat for the past few days, Bengaluru was blessed with some relief in the form of rain on Wednesday.

Rains in Bengaluru brought some relief from the scorching heat it has been facing for the past few days.

After facing severe heat for the past few days, Bengaluru was blessed with some relief in the form of rain on Wednesday. 

Central parts of the city got bouts of rainfall and strong winds, cooling the city down.

There were isolated thunderstorms and rain accompanied with chilly breeze in several parts of the city, including areas like Vittal Mallya road, Ashok Nagar and Cubbon Park.

The roads in these areas also flooded slightly, restricting vehicular movement in typical Bangalorean fashion. Air quality was excellent in the city, with visibility up to 16 kilometres, according to Accuweather.

There were isolated thunderstorms and rain accompanied with chilly breeze in several parts of the city, including areas like Vittal Mallya road, Ashok Nagar and Cubbon Park.

Weather forecasts indicated that tomorrow, Thursday, will be more or less the same, with periods of clouds and sunshine along with a thunderstorm in the afternoon and/or evening.

For Wednesday night, the Karnataka capital can expect a cloudy one. 

Rains during the day were on the heavier side, around 21 mm in total, and was the heaviest during Wednesday afternoon, weather-forecast.com said. Bengaluru will also get some fresh winds leading up to Friday, the website estimated.

There were also reports of Marginal drop in maximum temperatures in Haryana, Punjab. Meanwhile, cloudy skies snap five-day heatwave streak in the city. Lucknow records slight dip in temp but heat wave prevails in Uttar Pradesh. And in Chandigarh, ccloudy weather brings mercury down to 37.5°C .

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