Day temperatures continued to record three to five degrees above normal at many places in northwest and Indo-Gangetic plains on Thursday. But weather model at Skymet Meteorology Division in India indicates a marginal drop in maximums in the next 48 hours. They will, however remain in the early forties.
Maximum temperatures in Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jaipur and Agra were recorded between 42°C and 44°C on Thursday. Skymet Meteorology Division anticipates some spell of thunderstorm, dust storm and rain under the influence of Western Disturbance and its associated cyclonic circulation in northwest plains in the next two days. This would arrest the rise in temperature on Friday.
Western Rajasthan would also observe better conditions due to dust storm and strong cool winds. The rising temperatures may get arrested for a while. Ganganagar and Churu remained the hottest places in the country on Thursday. Haryana also witnessed heat wave in places like Hisar and Karnal as temperatures were recorded at 45°C and 43°C respectively on Thursday.
In Gangetic plains, the 'Sangam City' Allahabad continued to boil as maximum recorded 45°C, a trend being observed for the last couple of days. The 'Holi City' Varanasi recorded the maximum at 44.4°C which added to the miseries of political workers and leaders campaigning for Lok Sabha polls. Varanasi is going to the polls on 12th May.
Meanwhile, skymet satellite image shows a wind discontinuity extending from Bihar to Tamil Nadu across Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Marathwada and interior Karnataka. Due to the friction of land and sea winds, sky will remain partly cloudy and some post noon or evening showers could occur in these parts. Due to high pressure gradient, winds will also be strong and could blow at a speed of upto 50 kmph in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and madhya Maharashtra.
Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, interior Karanataka and Tamil Nadu could also observe some pre-monsoon rain during the next 48 hours. Kerala will continue to experience pre-monsoon rain during this period as a trough lies along the coast.
Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and some of the other northeastern states will be witness increase in rainfall in the next 48 hours. A cyclonic circulation over Assam will be facilitating southerly to southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to the region.
