City sizzles at 40°C, highest in month

The city’s day temperature was close to 40 degrees C on Saturday, when it recorded 39.8 degrees as maximum temperature.

This is the highest recorded in this month. Adilabad with 41 degrees recorded the highest temperature in Telangana and Kurnool 41.1 in Andhra Pradesh.

Forecast for both the

states: dry weather is likely to prevail; maximum temperatures likely to be above normal by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, the upper air cyclonic circulation over North Interior Karnataka & its neighbourhood now extends up to 1.5km above the mean sea level.

Yesterday’s trough in lower level easterlies from north Kerala to Telangana across Interior Karnataka at 1.5km above mean sea level has become less marked.

The disturbance will not drop the temperatures in both the states.

Forecast for TS, AP: Dry weather is likely to prevail.