Sunny day in Delhi; mercury hovers around normal in north

Rainfall stayed away from northern India today as the region combated rising temperatures under humid conditions with weather officials saying that there was little likelihood of change in the next few days.
In Delhi, it was a clear, sunny day with the mercury rising a notch above normal to settle at 35.6 degrees Celsius.
The minimum of 25.4 degrees was normal for this time of the year in the national capital, which recorded moisture in the air at between 46 and 69 per cent.
The local MeT department has predicted mainly clear skies tomorrow.
In Uttar Pradesh, while the receding level of the Ganga at a few places is being seen as a welcome sign, a total of 16,20,505 persons and 1,227 villages still remain flood hit.

Ganga continued with its downward trend although it was still flowing above the danger mark at Ghazipur and Ballia, stated a report from the relief commissioner's office.

At Ballia, the Ganga was flowing 1.595m and in Ghazipur, .015m, above the red mark, the report said.
The river was, however, static at Bulandshahr and Farrukhabad and declining at Kannauj, Kanpur, Rae Bareli, Allahabad, Mirzapur and Varanasi.
But the Sharda at Palia Kalan, Ghaghra at Turtipar, Rapti at Balrampur, Budhi Rapti at Kakrahi and Quano at Gonda continued to flow above the danger mark.
The Ramganga at Moradabad, Yamuna at Baghpat, Etawah and Auraiya, Sharda at Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaghra at Faizabad and Rapti at Balrampur and Gorakhpur were, however, rising.

Meanwhile, light to moderate rainfall and thundershowers occurred at isolated places with precipitation of 10mm recorded at Najibabad.
Punjab and Haryana saw maximum temperatures hovering around normal on what was mainly a dry day for the two neighbouring states.
In Punjab, the mercury at Amritsar settled at 35.2 degrees while Patiala and Ludhiana recorded maximums of 34.1 and 33.6 degrees, respectively.
In Haryana, Narnaul and Hisar recorded identical highs of 36.5 degrees followed by Bhiwani (36.4).
The MeT office said light to moderate rainfall may occur at isolated places across the two states over the coming 48 hours.