Heat wave conditions have abated in western parts of the country during last 24 hours. Places such as Rajasthan, Gujarat and West Madhya Pradesh had witnessed a drop in day temperatures by 2-4 degrees.
Prior to this, West India had been recording maximum temperatures in early 40s that were above normal by 4-5 degrees.
According to Skymet Weather, drop in mercury can be attributed to the change in the wind pattern. Passage of Western Disturbance and its induced cyclonic circulation in east direction has led to reversal of warm and humid southeasterly winds to cool northwesterly winds.
Moreover, these winds are of moderate speed which has restricted temperature from rising further.
We expect these cool winds to continue for another two to three days, keeping day temperatures under check. They are likely to settle near normal in range of mid 30s to high 30s across the region.
Updated on March 25, 2016 01:30 PM (IST): West India gasps under the grip of heat wave conditions
The mercury has been soaring steadily over past few days with day temperature settling few notches above than the normal, making March 2016 one of the hottest for several parts of India.
Summer seems to be in a rush to come early as weather is keeping March blistering hot. And the trend has been consistent since last few years. For instance, Delhi witnessed temperatures soaring to 38°C on March 24 this year, while it had already witnessed highest maximum in last years at 39.2°C which occurred on March 22, 2010. Ahmedabad is witnessing its hottest day on March 24 at 41.5°C which happened last year on March 26.
The heat wave conditions and heat wave that had gripped parts of South India has now moved to parts of West India engulfing Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh and Madhya Maharashtra. Though South India is still not at ease. Even though temperatures have come down, discomforting weather still persists. The anti-cyclone that has formed over coastal Odisha is pulling the humid winds from the Bay of Bengal and resulting in humid and sultry days and nights in Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Telangana.
The situation has become equally worse over Gujarat and Rajasthan as the cyclonic circulation present over Pakistan is pulling hot winds from the Baluchistan area and resulting in an increase in temperature over these areas.
With rainfall being scanty or negligible and humidity increasing every other day, residents are apprehensive about summer this year.