Weather Update: It is extremely hot in some parts of the country. The maximum temperature has reached 47 degrees Celsius. However, the weather of Delhi remains normal. Except for one day the mercury has remained below 40 degrees Celsius. The heat of Delhi torments people a lot from the third week of April to the first week of June, but no such day has been seen so far in this season. Meteorological Department officials hold the impact of five western disturbances formed in April responsible for this, due to which strong winds are blowing and it is also cloudy.
The maximum temperatures so far in summer have been seen around normal or slightly above normal. India Meteorological Department data shows that the highest temperature was 40.5 degrees Celsius on April 27.
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Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the Scientific and Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, said, “Five western disturbances were observed in April this year. Due to these western disturbances, no significant rainfall was recorded, but there were clouds and strong winds for several days. This did not increase the temperature. Dust storms were also seen in some days.” He said that another western disturbance will start affecting the region from Friday and this will keep the temperature normal for a few days.
Even in 2023, heat wave conditions were not seen in Safdarjung (base station of Delhi), but some parts of Delhi remained in the grip of heat wave for three to five days. In 2022, Safdarjung faced heat wave conditions for nine days in April and four days in May. At the same time, the summer of 2021 was different as heatwaves were recorded in March and June. IMD data shows that heat wave events are largely recorded in April and May, but heat wave events are also recorded in March and June.
The forecast of the Meteorological Department shows that there is no possibility of heat wave in Delhi for the next seven days. However, the weather department has predicted severe heat in West Bengal, East Bihar, East Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and other parts. Similar conditions will prevail over Karaikal, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Telangana and Interior Karnataka in the next two days.
According to IMD, when the maximum temperature is 4.5 degrees above normal and the maximum temperature is at least 40 degrees Celsius. Or if the maximum temperature reaches 45 degrees Celsius or above then it is considered heat wave. ‘Severe’ heat wave is declared when the maximum temperature is 6.5 degrees and above normal.
