Latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India shows, weather in North India and Central India is constantly heating up for the last 48 hours. Days are getting hotter and maximums are recording 40⁰C and above. Meanwhile, the weather in South India has been rainy in the last 24 hours, as well as in parts of Northeast India.
North India - While Safdurjung station in Delhi touched 38.7⁰C on Saturday, Palam station recorded 41.2⁰C. Other states like Haryana and Rajasthan in North India are already seeing maximums recording in the forties. Yesterday, Hisar and Jaipur recorded 39.7⁰C, 40.5⁰C as maximum temperature respectively. Further forecasts suggest, day temperatures could touch 40⁰C in next 48 hours in the absence of any weather system in North India.
Northeast India – After recording maximums of 40⁰C and above, last week, the weather in Northeast India improved in the last two days as rain started to occur once again, bringing relief from the heat. On Friday, Tripura recorded 12 mm of rain. On Saturday, Imphal recorded 1 mm of rain. In the next 48 hours, light but widespread rain is expected to lash many parts of Northeast India.
Central India – Heat wave like conditions are prevailing in this part of the country. Odisha and Vidarbha are one of the hottest regions. On Saturday Malegaon, Wardha and Bhira recorded around 44⁰C as the maximum temperature. Till Friday, these cities were the hottest in India and the maximum temperatures were settling around 43⁰C. No relief from the heat is expected anytime soon for this part of the country.
South India – Weather in South India will be rainy for the next 48 hours as a result of a discontinuity that is extending from Sub Himalayan West Bengal till south Tamil Nadu. On Saturday, the cities which recorded rain were: Kurnool – 5 mm, Anantpur – 5 mm, Honavar – 2 mm, Gulbarga – 4.5 mm, Belgaum – 2.4 mm, Chitradurga – 3 mm, Punalur – 19. 8 mm and Kochi – 2.6 mm.
Merciless summer and rising temperatures are making it tough for the people of Gangetic West Bengal to bear the heat. According to latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, Gangetic West Bengal is currently reeling under a severe heat wave and no respite from the heat is expected anytime soon.
Severe heat wave is a condition when the day’s maximum records 40⁰C or above and settles six degrees above the normal average for the month.
Weather in Kolkata had been unbearable for the last couple of days and on Saturday it recorded the second hottest day of the season at 41⁰C (six degrees above normal). At 28.3⁰C, the minimum was the warmest in India.
Bankura on the other hand recorded day temperature way higher than that in Kolkata, at 44⁰C. And Sriniketan touched 42⁰C, once again six degrees above normal.
“West Bengal will continue to swelter under intense heat for the next 24 to 48 hours. Afternoons will be intolerably hot and the sun will be harsh”, said Samar Chaudhury, of Skymet Meteorology Division.
Earlier a heatwave condition sweeping across the southern part of West Bengal had claimed the lives of two, on the 23th of April.
“There is little hope of thundershowers (known as Kal Baisakhi in West Bengal), in the next few days, which are generally common during this time of the year in Gangetic West Bengal. Lack of moisture incursion from the sea has led to the dry heat prevailing in the state”, added Chaudhury.
A similar heat wave like condition in Odisha on the 14th April had claimed five lives in Cuttack, Boudh, Puri and Sambalpur.
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