India, June 12 -- Gurugram is likely to receive rainfall at isolated places on Friday and Saturday, bringing temporary relief to the residents from the ongoing heatwave conditions, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The latest IMD weather forecast issued on Thursday anticipated thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds of up to 50 km/h in the district. An 'orange' alert remains in place till Friday and is expected to be downgraded to a 'yellow' warning thereafter.

According to the IMD, the change in weather conditions is driven due to a western disturbance associated with a cyclonic circulation over North Pakistan and an induced upper-air cyclonic circulation over Jammu extending up to 1.5 km above mean sea level and ano...