Heatwave to commence in northwest India from May 6: IMD
New Delhi, May 4: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said a fresh spell of heatwave conditions are expected to begin over central India from May 5 and spread over northwest from May 6.
For the past couple of days, parts of the country had been reeling under intense heatwave with the mercury soaring high and average maximum temperature reaching 35.9 and 37.78 degrees Celsius in the northwest and central India, respectively. The national capital recorded the second-hottest April in the last 27 years with the temperature remaining above 40 degrees celsius in the past week.
However, on May 2, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the heatwave spell might subside over Delhi and adjoining parts of northwest India from May 2, bringing much-needed relief to the people.
However, now the formation of a Low Pressure Area (LPA) over the south Andaman Sea, which is expected to intensify, will also begin around Friday. The LPA will intensify into a depression during subsequent 48 hours with northwestwards movement, the IMD said.
A warning has been sounded to south Andaman and adjoining areas in the Bay of Bengal.
On May 3, sufficient rain lashed parts of north, including Shimla and Manali in Himachal Pradesh and Pahalgam, Banihal, Qazigund and Batote in Jammu and Kashmir, ending weeks of dry spell in the region and bringing relief to the people.
Maximum temperatures further fell by two to four degrees Celsius over Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Haryana, the IMD said on Tuesday, adding that there will be no heat wave conditions over central and east India during the next four to five days.
Western parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and southern parts of Haryana-Delhi have experienced higher number of heatwave days in April due to lack of active western disturbances over north India.
Meanwhile, parts of Delhi on Wednesday evening received rainfall providing much-needed relief to the people from the unrelenting heat. The India Meteorological Department has further predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with a speed of 30 to 40 Km per hour in adjoining areas of a few places of Delhi, NCR areas, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
-PTC News
