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New Delhi, April 6
Northwest India and adjoining components of central India are predicted to see “more intense and frequent heat wave” situations in April, India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra mentioned on Wednesday.
“We are expecting that the temperature will be higher than normal in the entire northwest India and the adjoining central India, starting with Gujarat, Rajasthan and up to east Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh,” he mentioned at a digital occasion on ‘Building Climate Resilience for the Most Heat Vulnerable’.
The IMD had earlier predicted that April could be “more severe” than March and the temperatures could be greater than regular, Mohapatra mentioned.
“The frequency of intense heat wave conditions will be higher in April as compared to March. And we expect the heat wave conditions to continue till April 15 in some parts,” he added.
The IMD in a press release mentioned the continuing warmth wave spell began primarily over west Rajasthan and the adjoining areas of Gujarat and west Madhya Pradesh from March 27. It prolonged to east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, south Haryana, Delhi and southern components of Uttar Pradesh by March 29.
“This spell has been continuing for a longer period and has already completed more than a week. Besides, a persistent heat wave is being observed over northern plains, central India and parts of the western Himalayan region with the maximum temperature in the range of 25 to 33 degrees Celsius at higher ridges. Heat wave data for April (2017-2021) shows this type of longer spell is not unusual,” it mentioned.
Eight-to-12 day-long warmth wave spells had been noticed over Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab and components of Gujarat in April 2017 and 2019. Six-to-eight-day-long warmth wave spells had been noticed over components of the western Himalayan area protecting Himachal Pradesh and Jammu in April 2017, the IMD mentioned.
India recorded its warmest March in 122 years with a extreme warmth wave scorching giant swathes of the nation throughout the month.
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