The West Coast of India that stretches from coastal Gujarat up to Kerala Coast receives a major chunk of rainfall during the Southwest Monsoon season. Apart from that, the region remains mainly dry with only some light drizzles occurring occasionally.
The West Coast of the country is following similar footprints and sparing a few occasions, the region has remained parched for almost a month now.
Being the coastal belt, the weather of the West Coast is largely influenced by the wind intrusion taking place from the Arabian Sea. At the same time, its weather is also impacted by the weather of mainland cities. This is the reason the stations lying along the West Coast experiences humid weather conditions.
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Due to persistent dry weather, the stations lying along the West Coast were reeling under rising mercury levels. Until March 1, coastal areas of West Coast were observing the maximum temperatures that were above normal by 3-4 degrees Celsius. The maximums over these areas even reached to mid-30’s, with isolated parts in Kerala and Maharashtra even surpassing the 35-degree mark.
However, as of now, the easterly winds are changing, and the chances of sea winds are expected over the area. The anti-cyclonic circulation which was over North Arabian Sea is likely to slip south from its position. This would result in strengthening the westerly-northwesterly winds over the northern parts of the West Coast, leading to a drop in the day temperatures over the region in the next 24 hours.
Hence, for the next few days, the daytime high over the area is likely to reach close to normal.
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