India, March 4 -- The mercury in Delhi is set to rise again after a brief respite due to cool northwesterly winds. The maximum temperature is expected to reach 34 degrees Celsius (degC) on Wednesday, 35degC on Thursday, and 36degC by Sunday, as per forecasts.

While the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast high wind speed till Thursday, touching 30 km/hr during the day, a change in wind direction, to drier westerly winds will fail to provide any cooling effect, meteorological experts said.

Safdarjung, Delhi's base station, recorded a maximum temperature at 31.5degC, which was 4degC above normal and up from 30.9degC a day earlier. IMD officials said lack of active western disturbances led to clear skies in the region. "We la...