India, June 3 -- Temperatures in Delhi rose marginally on Wednesday, even as the India Meteorological Department sounded a yellow alert till Friday for the Capital, forecasting rain and thunderstorms.

The weather department said that the national capital is likely to experience "partly to generally cloudy skies" for the next couple of days. "A yellow alert has been issued for Thursday and Friday, as light rain is expected, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds of speed reaching 40-50 kmph, even gusting to 60 kmph," an IMD official told PTI news agency.

While no such alert has been issued, the weather department has predicted similar conditions to continue on Saturday as well. The weather department had earlier this we...