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Delhi cloud-seeding plan stalled as IMD rules out rain
The Story in Brief
The Delhi government's plan to use artificial rain (cloud seeding) to lower pollution is unlikely to work in the coming days because weather conditions are not suitable, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday (13 November). A western disturbance will bring rain and snow to Jammu and Kashmir and other Himalayan areas, but Delhi and the northern plains will see only clouds without rainfall.
According to the IMD, Delhi skies will be cloudy on Thursday (12 November) and Friday (13 November) but without any rain. While a western disturbance will increase moisture, the amount is not enough for artificial rain. Cloud seeding requires moist convective clouds, but Delhi will have only mid-level and high-level clouds during this period.
Indian Opinion Analysis
IMD data directly undercuts the Delhi government's cloud-seeding timeline, making this week's plan effectively unworkable. The agency specifies that Wednesday to Friday will bring only mid-level and high clouds over Delhi, not the moist convective clouds needed for cloud seeding to work. Without those conditions, artificial rain cannot be triggered, and no alternative dates are mentioned. The government is left waiting for a future western disturbance that produces favourable cloud cover, but the current system is moving on without providing it.
Source: amarujala.com
This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Methodology and corrections.
