Mumbai sizzles with hot weather, mercury settles at 35°C
Mumbai maintains its hot weather stature as the city continues to swelter at 35°C temperatures. Mercury is relentless to drop down and for the time being hot weather will persist over Mumbai and adjacent areas. Skymet Weather Chief Meteorologist Mahesh Palawat said, "Temperatures are likely to shoot upwards again by March 31 and April 1 and will settle around 37°C and 38°C. At present, night temperatures are unlikely to give any relief over the city.”
Temperatures dropped down from 38°C to 35° due to the mild and persistent blow of sea breeze. But by March 31, the temperatures will go up as the winds from north direction which are relatively hot and dry in nature will blow over the region again. Around April 2-3, mercury will see a marginal drop and will settle around 35 degree mark.
Originally Published on March 28, 2017:
Heatwave like conditions grip Mumbai at 38.4°C, Thane swelters at 43.1°C
Somewhere between switching from fan to air conditioning and switching hot tea to cold coffee, summer seeped in our lives. And this can be confirmed by the residents of Mumbai and Thane as the temperatures over both the neighboring cities have crossed normalcy by a lot. The City Of Dreams, Mumbai is sweltering at 38.4°C and the neighboring city of Thane is boiling at 43.1°C.
This temperature of Mumbai is second highest ever as the previous temperature was recorded in 2014. Mumbai’s mercury is at present 5°C above normal. It is not just the maximum temperatures that are reaching new highs, even the minimum temperatures are scaling: 25.2°C at Colaba Observatory and 21.5°C at Santa Cruz Observatory were recorded for March 27.
This extreme spike in mercury over Mumbai and surrounding areas is due to the dry northerly-northeasterly winds. These winds are drier in nature, thus allowing the temperatures to rise over the region. These winds are prevailing over the region as an anti-cyclonic circulation is seen over Rajasthan. Unlike its true nature, Mumbai’s weather is not humid at the moment; in fact the weather over Mumbai is extremely dry.
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But these weather conditions are likely to take a U-turn, but just for a while. Skymet Weather’s Chief Meteorologist Mahesh Palawat said, "Temperatures are likely to drop by 2-3 degrees in next 48 hours. Winds which will be coming in from Arabian Sea will increase uneasiness for Mumbaikars."
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