New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued heat wave warning over some parts of West Bengal, Odisha, East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar during the next few days till April 26.
Day temperatures in Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal are expected to cross the mark of 40 degrees Celsius today.
Besides these states, hot and humid weather is very likely in parts of several southern states and Union Territories, such as coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, among others.
The weather office in its morning bulletin said the temperature can reach 44 degrees Celsius this week across eastern India. It recently recorded a four- to six-degree temperature rise (above normal) in northern, southern, and eastern states over the last week.
Delhi Weather
The national capital on early Morning morning witnessed strong winds and rainfall which brought down the temperature, a sigh of relief for Delhiites.
But as per the latest update from the IMD, the heat in the national capital is likely to prevail over the next five days and the maximum temperature is likely to just touch the mark of 40 degree Celsius.
Rainfall in these states
According to the weather office, the entire north-east including Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura in expected to witness rains along with string winds and this patterns is likely to prevail till April 27.
IMD said that fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall/snowfall accompanied by isolated thunderstorms and lightning and gusty winds (30-40 kmph) is very likely over “Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during 21-24 and isolated to scattered rainfall over Assam and Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during 25-27 April, 2024."
Similarly, it also predicts isolated thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds (30- 40 kmph) over Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during 22 -24, Odisha during 22 -23, Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand on 23 April.