India, Aug. 16 -- Delhi marked Independence Day under wet skies, with light to moderate showers through the day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast rain to persist across Delhi-NCR over the weekend, with scattered light showers and overcast conditions continuing.

A yellow alert for light rain was issued at 10am on Friday, upgraded to an orange alert at 11.21am. In the 24 hours ending 8.30am Friday, Safdarjung, the city's base station, recorded 80.4mm of rainfall, including 1mm of drizzle between 2.30am and 5.30am. Another 0.5mm was logged between 8.30am and 5.30pm. Other readings in this period included Ridge (14.1mm), Lodhi Road (2mm), Rajghat (30.7mm), Najafgarh (2mm), and Mayur Vihar (54mm).

"Patchy, on-and-off ra...