Change in wind conditions would push the mercury up by 2 to 3 degrees in coming two days. Delhi recorded 40.3 degrees as maximum temperature yesterday that is up by almost 2 degrees from 38.5 degrees on Sunday. Southeasterly winds are receding and giving way to hot and dry winds from Pakistan and Thar Desert. Due to these winds, it is expected that day temperature may even go up to 43 degrees by Thursday in the national capital.
Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh will continue to receive the first phase of monsoon rain with several places witnessing light to moderate showers. One or two places could receive heavy rain as well.
Monsoon rains would further make inroads into some more parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh during the next two days and would possibly cover entire south Peninsula during the period. Konkan, Goa and south Maharashtra will see an increase in rainfall as moist southwesterly winds continue to hit and rise against the Western Ghats.
Monsoon rain is also expected in northeast India during the next two days. However, the cyclonic circulation over Meghalaya would continue to give showers at a few places in the region including Sikkim and sub-Himalayan West Bengal.
The trough that was extending from northwest plains to south Peninsula has squeezed in the last 24 hours and now runs from east Uttar Pradesh to Andhra Pradesh across east Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Due this weather system, rain will occur at one or two places in east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, east Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh during the next two days.