India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heat wave conditions over Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Madhya Pradesh for the next three days.
It has also predicted hot and humid weather over Gujarat, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal. IMD said that there will be no significant change in maximum temperatures over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan till tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the weather agency has also predicted heavy rainfall over Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Nagaland, Manipur, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and South Interior Karnataka are very likely to experience thunderstorms with gusty winds today.
Maximum temperatures are ranging between 42-45°C across multiple states including Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, northwest Telangana, north Chhattisgarh, north interior Odisha, northwest and southeast Jharkhand, west Gangetic West Bengal, southwest Bihar, north Madhya Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh, south Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, and south Punjab, the IMD said. On Saturday, Kanpur recorded a maximum temperature 44.4°C; Prayagraj 44.8°C; Sultanpur 44.8°C; Varanasi 44.2°C; Gaya 44.6°C; Jharsuguda 44.7°C; and Delhi Ridge 43.3°C among others
“Maximum temperatures are above normal by 3-5 degrees C at many places over Jammu, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Northeast and west Rajasthan, North Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, adjoining Marathwada, northeast Jharkhand, west Gangetic West Bengal, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim,” the weather agency stated in its release.