Babatpur's official METARs put Sunday evening light rain and Monday morning mist on the books for Varanasi airport, with visibility near two kilometres at the open of 28 September after an afternoon that carried thunderstorm-ready cloud and a temporary thunderstorm-rain risk.
On Sunday 27 September, midday and afternoon observations showed haze or mist with visibility around 3,500 metres and scattered to broken cloud. By 271230Z the station logged FEW030CB - a few cumulonimbus at about 3,000 feet - with a TEMPO group calling for visibility down to 1,500 metres in thunderstorm rain. That is the afternoon thunderstorm-ready signature, not a confirmed heavy cell sitting over the runway at that hour.
Evening observations tightened the picture. At 271330Z the METAR carried light rain (-RA), visibility 2,500 metres and overcast at 9,000 feet, with temperature 25°C and dew point 24°C under QNH 1007. Later Sunday evening the rain group dropped and mist returned at the same 2,500-metre visibility under scattered and broken cloud.
Monday morning METARs from 280230Z through 280330Z show mist (BR) with visibility 1,800 to 2,000 metres, scattered cloud at 2,000 feet and broken cloud at 10,000 feet. Temperature sat around 26°C with dew point 25°C. Pressure rose to QNH 1009-1010. No rain group appears on those morning reports; the story is mist and reduced visibility after Sunday's light evening rain.
That sequence is distinct from Saturday's heavy midday rain and gusts. Sunday's afternoon CB and TEMPO thunderstorm-rain risk, the evening -RA at 2.5 km, and Monday's 1.8-2.0 km mist at about 26°C are the fresh airport facts.
For travellers and ground staff the practical notes are short. Mist near two kilometres at the Monday open can slow surface movement on the apron even when the runway is open. Sunday's TEMPO thunderstorm-rain group was a risk window, not a guarantee that every flight saw a storm. Light evening rain at 2,500 metres is enough to wet the apron without matching Saturday's severe cell.
West or East UP colour warnings sit on a separate IMD product.
Pressure rising from QNH 1007 on Sunday evening to 1009-1010 on Monday morning sits beside the mist group as a secondary METAR detail, not a forecast. The operational takeaway for Babatpur remains the visibility band: about 2.5 km in Sunday evening light rain, then about 1.8-2.0 km in Monday morning mist at around 26°C.
Anyone who needs the primary string should open the VEBN observations for Sunday afternoon through Monday morning rather than rely on secondary summaries. Until a later METAR revises the picture, Monday opens misty near 1.8-2 km after Sunday's light evening rain and afternoon CB risk.
