Drizzle and cool breeze cool off sweltering city

Times News Network
Ludhiana: A drizzle and breeze gave city residents much-needed respite from the sweltering heat. The light rain and breeze started on Wednesday and continued on Friday. The meteorological department predicts rainfall for a few more days.
The met department said the city received 0.4 millimetres of rain from 8.30am on Wednesday to the same time on Thursday.The impact of the drizzle, wind and cloudy weather could be gauged by the maximum temperature, which dropped by as much as seven degrees to be recorded at 33.1 degrees Celsius.
On Thursday, day temperature in the city was witnessed at 38.7 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal. Minimum (night) temperature in Ludhiana on Friday was also recorded on the lower side at 23 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal and 2.8 degrees less than a day before.
The met department has more good news on the weather front. “Light to moderate rainfall is expected for a few more days. High speed winds might also blow in Ludhiana during these days. Rainfall may be recorded between 10 to 30 millimetres whereas wind speed is expected be around 50 kilometres per hour. During this period, both day and night temperature is expected to fall,” said director, Met department, Chandigarh Surender Paul.
The met department website suggests that day temperature might fall to 33 degrees Celsius till Sunday before rising to 37 degrees Celsius by next Wednesday whereas night temperature might fall to 22 degrees Celsius till Sunday and then rise to 25 degrees Celsius till Tuesday.