Weather report today: IMD alert, updates for your city — pollution or rains or thunderstorms or hailstorm or lightning?

On Thursday, October 29, the India Meteorological Department issued a yellow alert for Delhi, predicting light rainfall, lightning, and thunderstorms throughout the day. Generally cloudy skies were expected, with a spell of very light to light rain accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning and strong surface winds reaching 30-40 kmph in the morning and forenoon. Another spell of similar conditions was forecasted for the afternoon and evening.

Several other states and Union Territories were also likely to experience heavy rainfall following the landfall of Severe Cyclonic Storm "Arnab" near Andhra Pradesh on October 28. The cyclone was expected to move north-northwestwards during the next 48 hours and weaken gradually, transitioning into a cyclonic storm and then a deep depression within the following week.

The IMD predicted heavy rainfall, thunderstorm, hailstorm, and lightning from October 28 to October 31 in various regions, including coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, and several other states. Delhi's air quality continued to remain poor, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 229, slightly above the previous day's reading of 228. Several neighboring cities also experienced elevated pollution levels.