New Delhi: While a few territories encounter unbelievably high temperatures, some are seeing downpours due to this persistent breeze course pivot. Heatwave warnings were issued for several states of the country on Monday by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), as the summers are about to step into a new gear.
Mercury has been between 35°C and 40°C in many southern states and in Odisha. Mercury has been between 35°C and 40°C in many places; likewise, temperature has crossed 35°C in many places in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and Gujarat. IndiaSmart News reported that Delhi experienced bright and sunny weather on the same day, with a maximum temperature of 27°C.
The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Goa on Monday and Tuesday as a result of forecasted high heat and humidity levels in the region. When a region experiences heatwave conditions for more than two consecutive days, the IMD issues a yellow alert. Maximum temperatures in Goa are expected to stay between 35°C and 37°C, and there is also a possibility of temperatures becoming as hot in coastal Karnataka.
Skies will remain clear over the next 24 hours, with the minimum temperature hovering around 23 degrees Celsius, and IMD is further forecasting that Goa’s maximum temperature will continue between 35 and 37 degrees Celsius in the coming week, with nighttime temperatures recording between 21 and 23 degrees Celsius.
The day on which the yellow alert warning in Goa began was Sunday and the capital, Panaji, on that day saw its maximum temperature at 37°C, which is 4.4°C above normal. Similarly, Mormugao recorded a perceptible temperature of 35.8°C, which is approximately 4°C above the average.
Heat stress has also been spread over several states in the south of India, which saw Brahmapuri in Vidarbha as the warmest spot in the country at a scorching 38.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with meteorologists alike as temperatures from western Rajasthan to northwestern Goa continue to move upward.
As the heatwave persists in the south, a western disturbance is to bring rain and snow in parts of northern India. The IMD, while forecasting rain and snowfall over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand on March 3 and 4, stated in its report, “Possibility of light rain/snow over the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, generally cloudy weather over the plains of Jammu division and light rain over the plains of Kashmir.”
The IMD expects improved rainfall activity over other northern states such as Punjab, Haryana, and Uttarakhand, which could potentially influence the weather in Delhi-NCR. Temperatures in the national capital are likely to remain below the 30°C mark with light showers in the offing.