Weather update: On the day of Holi, the plains of northwest India will be cloudy and rain will be rained. There is a possibility of snowfall and rain in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on Friday. Western disturbances are active as cyclonic circulation on western Iran, while southwest Rajasthan and surrounding areas also have cyclonic circulation, which will cause snowfall and rain.
When and where can it rain?
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall during March 16, while Uttarakhand will have snowfall and cloudy during March 12-16. There may be rain in Punjab on March 12 to 15, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan from 13 to 15 March and Eastern Uttar Pradesh from March 15.
Where will temperature fluctuations be recorded?
There will be no significant change in maximum temperature in northwest India in the next 48 hours, while in Central India and Maharashtra, the maximum temperature is expected to increase by 2-3 degrees Celsius in the next 3-4 days. In the last 24 hours, the maximum temperatures in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha and Karnataka have declined by 1-4 degrees Celsius.
Lu’s yellow alert issued in Gujarat
IMD has issued a yellow heatwave warning. On March 12, Gujarat and southwest Rajasthan will have a scorching heat. There will be scorching heat in Vidarbha on 13-14 March and in Odisha from 13 to 15 March. Konkan, Goa, North Kerala and coastal Karnataka will cause hot winds.
On Tuesday, the maximum temperature in Gujarat stood between 40–45 degrees Celsius, while the mercury in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Kerala was between 35-40 ° C. The temperature has been recorded between 30-35 degrees Celsius in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Ganges of West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh.
The heat in Gujarat has started showing its impact. Many cities of the state have started scorching heat. The temperature in most areas of Gujarat has been recorded above 40 degrees. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has issued a red heat alert in 7 districts of the state including Rajkot.
Along with this, yellow alert has been issued in 5 districts including Orange Alerts and Vadodara in 6 districts including Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. According to the Meteorological Department, the temperature is expected to be between 40 and 43 degrees in some areas of Saurashtra, Kutch, North Gujarat and South Gujarat on the next 2 days i.e. Holi.
It will be very hot today
The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert in Kachch, Banaskantha, Morbi, Surendranagar, Rajkot and Surat on 12 March in view of the possibility of heat stroke. Apart from this, summer alert has also been issued in Sabarkantha, Porbandar and Bhavnagar. Along with this, the department said that Jamnagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli, Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Navsari and Valsad may have hot and humid weather.
When will the heat get relief?
Meteorologist Ambalal Patel has predicted the scorching heat situation in the state. According to him, people in the state can get relief from the heat from March 15. According to Ambalal Patel’s prediction, the people of the state will get partial relief from the heat from March 15. During this time, the temperature in some districts will be around 33 degrees to 36 degrees. The temperature in Central-North Gujarat will be around 34 to 36 degrees.
Whereas, the temperature in the coastal region may be 33 degrees. He further stated that due to western disturbance in the northern mountainous region of the country, there is a possibility of cloudy on 13-14 March during Holi days. In some places there is a possibility of unseasonal rains. Apart from this, there is a possibility of cloudy by 20 March and rain may also occur at some places.
