India, June 21 -- The national weather agency predicted that the rainy season is likely to arrive over Delhi on Tuesday, even as the Capital on Friday experienced another pleasant day with overcast skies and light showers keeping temperatures at a tolerable level.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said conditions were now favourable for the onset of the southwest monsoon in Delhi on June 24-three days ahead of the usual date of June 27.

If the forecast holds, this will be the earliest arrival of monsoon in Delhi since 2013, when it reached the city on June 16. Last year, the monsoon arrived on June 28, while in 2023, it reached the city on June 25.

IMD has issued a yellow alert for the weekend, predicting spells of rain, thunde...