Palam observatory in Delhi recorded above 39 degrees on Tuesday, the 9th of April. Even though day temperatures are expected to fall in Delhi for a day, expect the temperature to soar close to 40 degrees in coming few days. Maximum temperatures are up by 4 degrees above normal here.
Night or morning sessions were also turning warm as over 22 degrees was recorded last night but it will go down at least by 2 degrees in next two days to again see a jump during the weekend to make the jogging hours warmers. Wind conditions would change from tonight and northerly to northwesterly winds would prevail in Delhi.
There will be rain in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand at a few places during the next 24 hours but the weather will turn dry after the next 24 hours. Night temperatures would fall but day temperatures would rise in the plains in northwest that are expected to get light rain during the period.
Temperatures in east India that of Gangetic plains over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal have risen up to 5 degrees above normal yesterday where Allahabad recorded above 43 degrees. The movement of Western Disturbance from Jammu & Kashmir in east-northeast direction will bring down these temperatures by 2 degrees but that would only give relief for a short period. Lucknow and Varanasi are also witnessing temperatures in early forties. Morning could see a rise in temperatures that will drop after the next 24 hours.
Rain is expected to continue over Sikkim in the east and over Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland in the northeast. A trough of low pressure area that runs from Assam to north Bay of Bengal would usher in the rain. Other such low pressure area runs from north interior Karnataka to south Tamil Nadu. Chances of rain persist over south interior Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu during the next 24 hours.