The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light showers with thunderstorms in the national capital on Monday due to western disturbance over the north India.

Scattered to fairly widespread rain with isolated thunderstorms and light hailstorm was likely over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and north Rajasthan on January 6-7, the IMD release said.

It has also predicted thunderstorms in Uttarakhand on January 6-8, and in UP on January 7-8 and isolated heavy rainfall in northwest UP on January 8.

The western Rajasthan can see light rain with thunderstorms.

The North India has just got a break from the longest cold wave spell since 1901, when the temperatures dipped below 2 degrees Celsius in the capital.IANS