Convective clouds brought rain in Delhi, hard to predict such development, say forecasters

Though it rained in Delhi on Monday, weather forecasters would not bet on it a day ago.

The reason — the rain came from convective clouds and it is difficult to provide an accurate prediction about their formation.

“We knew about the possibility of the formation of convective clouds — there were high humidity and high temperatures but it is hard to give a micro-forecast in terms of exact location and intensity. So one cannot be…