Updated on March 29 at 11:40 am: Many parts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and few parts of Jammu and Kashmir are still reeling under heatwave conditions. The remaining parts of these three hilly regions are recording both maximum and minimum temperatures above normal.
Temperatures are likely to settle in the same range. Therefore, relief is not in sight and residents of the hilly states will continue to suffer due to the summer heat over the otherwise pleasant regions.
Updated on March 28 at 01:30 am: Intense heat has gripped most parts of India. In fact, scorching weather has not even spared parts of Western Himalayas. As a result, heatwave conditions are prevailing over several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in the month of March.
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Comes as a shock, isn’t it? However, this is a fact. Most parts of these three hilly states of North India are reeling under temperatures that are reaching 30-degree mark.
As per Skymet Weather, heat wave condition is declared over the hilly regions when the maximum temperature is 30°C or beyond. Besides this, the departure from normal should be of 5°C.
Present weather conditions across many stations have met the required criteria. Places such as Bilaspur, Kullu, Sundernagar and Hamirpur are reeling under heat wave conditions. In fact, there are many districts which are not reeling under heatwave but are recording temperatures above normal by 4°C to 8°C that almost amount to heatwave like conditions.
As per Skymet Weather, the reason for these above normal temperatures can be attributed to the prolonged dry spell. Although, many successive Western Disturbances have been approaching but they were travelling in the upper latitudes. Hence, these states failed to record any significant weather activity.
Moreover, the warm front preceding the Western Disturbances is also increasing both the minimum and maximum temperatures.
Not only this, we do not foresee any significant relief from the heat as no active Western Disturbance is in the offing. Therefore, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are likely to observe warm weather.
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