Temperatures are soaring and touching skies in most parts of Central and West India. In fact, parts of Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha region in Maharashtra were battling with heatwave conditions for the last couple of days wherein the mercury levels in most parts remained above the 45-degree mark.
On the other hand, intense summer heat gripped parts of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Madhya Maharashtra, and Marathwada in Maharashtra. Here, the temperatures soared near or beyond the 40-degree mark.
However, the last 24 hours brought a sigh of relief from the rising mercury levels as heatwave abated parts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Though the temperatures dropped significantly over these areas, they continue to remain above normal.
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While, a slight drop in the mercury levels in parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh were also observed.
As per Skymet Weather, the reason for the sky-kissing temperatures over most parts of West and Central India can be associated with the westerly and northwesterly winds blowing over the region. These winds are blowing from the hotter areas of Pakistan and its adjoining desert region in Rajasthan wherein the temperatures are already high.
However, due to thundercloud build up in the adjoining regions, the temperatures dropped significantly. This weather was due to the trough which was extending from East India to South Karnataka across Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
According to Skymet Weather, now, this trough has become less marked. Thus, now the temperatures are likely to increase over most parts of Central Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. Additionally, mostly dry winds would also continue to prevail over the region.
On the other hand, humidity levels are anticipated to increase over Gujarat and West Madhya Pradesh. Hence, isolated pre-Monsoon activities may occur at a few parts of South Madhya Maharashtra and adjoining Marathwada and South Chhattisgarh.
Mainly thundercloud development along with light rain and strong winds are possible over the region today.
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