Mumbai, get ready for a very hot summer
Get ready for summer’s assault after several days of unusually cold weather. It is predicted by meteorologists that the city will see a rise in both maximum and lowest temperatures when the cold period ends and warmer weather arrives.
According to meteorologists, starting this weekend, Gujarat and Maharashtra will both grow 3/4 degrees warmer and drier.
Mumbai’s highest temperature will reach 35 or 36 degrees Celsius, while the overnight low will drop to around 21 degrees Celsius, according to the prediction from the private weather site Vagaries of Weather. Similarly, Pune’s temperature will rise to 35 or 36 degrees Celsius, with nighttime lows of 16 or 17 degrees Celsius. In the Vidarbha area, the maximum or daytime temperature will be 38/39 degrees Celsius.
At Churchgate, a guy uses a file to protect his face from the blazing sun. Images/Satej ShindeAt Churchgate, a guy uses a file to protect his face from the blazing sun. Images/Satej Shinde
Summer is slowly approaching, according to Rajesh Kapadia of Vagaries of Weather, who spoke at midday. Officially, our area experiences a pre-monsoon summer from March to May. The milder breezes shift in either a southerly or southerly direction. As the sea breathes, the winds from the Bay of Bengal also reach the East Coast.
In the Central Regions of the Peninsula, winds from the East and the South West essentially “meet” around April. The phrase “confluence of winds” describes this. The “Line of Discontinuity” on the Central Southern Peninsula is the result of these winds coming together. causing thunderstorms to occur in the inner areas. stated Kapadia.
The highest temperature recorded on Friday was 34.6 degrees Celsius at the Santacruz observatory in Mumbai, and 32 degrees Celsius at the Colaba observatory.
Long-term forecasts from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) have already drawn a bleak picture, predicting above-normal daytime temperatures in west-central India from March to May.
“Most of the nation is anticipated to have above-average maximum temperatures during the next hot weather season (March to May (MAM)), with the exception of a few isolated spots in the Northwest, Northeast, Central, and Peninsular regions of India, where normal to below-normal maximum temperatures are more probable. March 2024 is expected to have monthly maximum temperatures that are above average in various parts of North West India, the Northeast and West Central regions of India, and the majority of the Peninsula. However, throughout the majority of East and East Central India as well as some regions of Northwest India, normal to below normal maximum temperatures are most likely to occur, according to IMD’s LRP.
