new Delhi. The maximum temperature has increased in Central India since March 12, causing severe heat-like conditions in parts of Saurashtra-Kutch, Konkan and West Rajasthan and heat wave conditions have prevailed in East Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, East Rajasthan and Odisha. Is. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a continuation of heatwave and severe heatwave in these areas on Tuesday.
Heat wave conditions to severe heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail over parts of West Rajasthan till March 17 and heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail over the region on March 18.
IMD has also predicted that heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail over Konkan and Saurashtra-Kutch at isolated places on March 16, while heatwave conditions are likely to prevail at isolated places over Gujarat region, West Madhya Pradesh till March 17. The situation is likely to persist. Heat wave conditions are likely over East Rajasthan on March 16 and 17 and over Odisha during March 16-18.
According to climatology, as the sun moves northwards in March, there is a warm region from Maharashtra to Odisha. The IMD had already predicted in its March to May weather forecast released on March 1 that it is expecting above-normal temperatures over many parts of western and central India and hence heat wave from south Gujarat to Maharashtra. can be expected.
On the causes of the heat wave, IMD Director General, Mrityunjay Mohapatra told -AnyTV News: “These areas have higher than normal temperatures due to the wind flow pattern. The low level winds in these areas are from south to north. And that brings summer.”
The winds are southward with some weak circulation over South Peninsular region, mainly Karnataka, Telangana which is favoring the arrival of heat from South to North Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
Mohapatra said that for Saurashtra, Kutch and Rajasthan also, the reason for heat wave is the southern winds.
IMD records show that the maximum temperature on March 14 was recorded at 39-41 degrees Celsius in many parts of Gujarat and West Rajasthan and 38-40 degrees Celsius in some parts of South-East Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Konkan and Goa.
Heat wave conditions were observed in some areas with severe heat wave conditions over Saurashtra-Kutch, isolated heat wave conditions over Konkan-Goa and West Rajasthan and isolated over Gujarat region. Heat wave conditions were observed in different areas.
The IMD data showed that maximum temperatures were 3-6 degrees Celsius above normal at most places in Punjab and Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, West Rajasthan and Gujarat. The temperature remained above normal at different places in the state.
—AnyTV News
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