As predicted, parts of Madhya Maharashtra and Konkan region recorded scattered light to moderate rains during the past day. However, these spells did no wonders in terms of drop in the rising temperatures across the region.
In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Tuesday, Udgir recorded moderate rains of 24 mm, Kolhapur 9 mm, Sangli 3 mm, Satara 2 mm, Aurangabad 2 mm, Solapur 0.8 mm, and Harnai witnessed some light traces of rains.
Meanwhile, the weather across the other places remained dry and which is why the temperatures of these regions settled nearing or crossing the 40-degree mark. In fact, parts of Vidarbha even reeled under heatwave like conditions.
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As per Skymet Weather, these rains were due to the trough which was running from North Madhya Maharashtra to Interior Tamil Nadu. As of now, the trough has moved away eastwards, therefore, we expect the weather to become dry over most parts of Maharashtra.
However, isolated light rain or thunder activities may occur over the southern districts of Madhya Maharashtra and Konkan, but these pre-Monsoon activities would be insignificant in terms of dropping the temperatures.
Thus, the temperatures would continue to remain near the 40-degree mark. Isolated parts of Vidarbha and Marathwada may even battle with heatwave conditions. In the view of the persisting dry weather, the temperatures may rise further in a couple of days. Thus, the regions like Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Nanded, Malegaon, Nagpur, and Chandrapur may reel under heatwave conditions with temperatures settling way beyond the normal levels.
At this stage, let us see the impact of this weather on the agriculture belt of Maharashtra:
In the view of heatwave conditions, farmers are advised to apply light and frequent irrigation in standing crops to cope up with the excess evaporative demand due to high temperature. Farmers should also mulch orchard with straw/polythene to conserve soil moisture.
Farmers are also advised to take proper spraying of insecticide to reduce fruit drop in orange and sweet orange due to high temperatures.
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