Heatwave to continue in Punjab, Haryana for two days: IMD
NEW DELHI: Heat wave conditions are likely to continue in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and southeast Uttar Pradesh for the next two days and abate thereafter, India Meteorological Department has forecasted on Sunday.
Heat wave conditions prevailed in some parts over Himachal Pradesh and southeast Uttar Pradesh and isolated pockets over Haryana, Delhi, Jharkhand, northeast Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand on Saturday.
No significant change in maximum temperatures is likely over northwest India during the next two days, and a gradual fall by 2-3 degrees C is likely thereafter, IMD said.
There is likely to be a fall in maximum temperatures by 2-3 degrees C over central India during the next three days, and over east India, there is likely to be a gradual fall by 2-3 degrees C in maximum temperatures during the next three days.
No significant change in maximum temperatures is likely over the rest parts of the country during the next 5 days. Heatwave conditions have been abated from most parts of central and adjoining east India. However, Heatwave conditions in isolated places are likely over the Jammu division on Sunday and Punjab, Haryana-Delhi, East Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand on Sunday and Monday.
“Lower level easterly winds are building up. Northwest India will soon receive premonsoon rain. From June 16 we are not expecting any major heat wave spell over the region,” said RK Jenamani, senior scientist at the national weather forecasting centre. An intense spell of rainfall is likely to continue along the west peninsular coast during the next two days and a spell of heavy rainfall is likely to continue over northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next five days. The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) continued to pass through Dahanu, Pune, Gadag, Bengaluru, Puducherry and Siliguri on Sunday. IMD said conditions are favourable for further advance of monsoon into some parts of north Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Konkan, some parts of Gujarat state, most parts of Madhya Maharashtra, entire Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, some parts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Westcentral and the northwest Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours.
Conditions would continue to become favourable for further advance of monsoon into some more parts of north Arabian Sea, Gujarat state, some parts of Marathwada, some more parts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, most parts of Bay of Bengal, entire Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, some parts of Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar during subsequent three days.
According to IMD, a heat wave is recorded in areas where the normal maximum temperatures are more than 40 degrees Celsius when the actual maximum temperature is between 4 degrees C and 5 degrees C higher.