New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has cherry-picked an alert for strenuous fever in the northwestern states, with the mercury remaining between 40 and 45 degrees Celsius in Delhi and various other areas. The heatwave is expected to intensify over the next few days, leading to excessive heat, humidity and heatstorms affecting daily life.
Over 13 states will be affected by a heatwave and hot winds
According to the IMD, a western disturbance will be activated on the night of April 8, which will generate scorching heat and heatstorms in most states of Gujarat, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, etc., from April 8 to April 12. As per the MET, the disturbance will also trigger thunderstorms/rain in 13 states of northeast India and South India. The IMD has forecast hailstorms over Assam, Meghalaya and Bihar, while rain and hail are also expected to take place over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on April 9 and 10.
Severe Heat Wave to Strike Rajasthan & MP
Delhi’s maximum temperature is also about 40 degrees Celsius and 45 in parts of Rajasthan, according to IMD. The highest temperature in the nation occurred in Rajasthan’s Barmer on Monday, with the maximum temperature being 45.6 degrees Celsius. There is a red alert each for the heatwaves in the city and orange and yellow alerts in a couple of other districts.
Madhya Pradesh has experienced the temperature going up to 44 degrees Celsius due to hot winds, and eight districts have been put on alert for a heatstorm there. The Meteorological Department (IMD) has also warned that the temperature can also go up in numerous states for the next 3 days by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius. This spell of severe heat is going to continue for another 10 days.
Effect in Several Areas: Loo and Warm Winds Predicted
IMD stated that for the remaining part of northwestern (NW) India, heat and loo (hot winds) will continue for another three days over the western regions of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and the western part of UP. From April 30 onwards, they will begin receding. In Gujarat, Chandigarh, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, hot winds have been predicted. A. There will be hot and humid conditions over the coastal regions of Gujarat, Konkan, and Goa also.
Bay of Bengal Cyclonic Circulation – The Southern States Will Receive Rain
The low-pressure system over central regions of the Bay of Bengal — the development of which was after cyclonic circulation over southeast Bay of Bengal — has set off weather warnings. As a result, the low-pressure system will shift northwestwards in the next few hours. This, as per the IMD, will result in rains and thundershowers across most southern states, such as Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe.
Thunderstorms and hailstorms probable over northeastern and eastern India
Besides the hot weather in the northwest, the IMD has also forecasted thunderstorms and rain along with gusty winds (40 to 50 km/h) in certain eastern and northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar and Jharkhand until April 11. These same regions may experience hailstorms, too.
Rain as Western Disturbance to Strike the Himalayan Region First
The IMD has also predicted heavy rain, along with thunder, in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as a result of a fresh western disturbance that it anticipates will impact the western Himalayan region on April 8. Hailstorms are likely to occur in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir from April 9 to 11.
Predicting this weather pattern is going to create a tough couple of days for most of the nation, causing terrible heat waves, rainstorms, and hail elsewhere.
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