New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that in Delhi, the mercury will rise to 43 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and hit the 45-degree Celsius mark by Friday. Delhi may witness thunderstorms and gusty winds under the influence of a fresh western disturbance on Saturday and light rain on Sunday which would bring the mercury down to 40 degrees Celsius on the weekend.
The IMD warning said that “Heatwave conditions in isolated pockets are very likely over Uttar Pradesh on May 19; Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha on May 20 and 21; Punjab and Haryana on May 19 and 20; Rajasthan on May 18 to 21.”
The IMD has predicted that heatwave conditions are very likely over Jammu division, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Wednesday while on Thursday, similar heatwave conditions are expected at isolated places in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat.
On the other side, At present, the weather situation indicates that the southwest monsoon has arrived over parts of the South Bay of Bengal, Andaman Nicobar Islands, and the Andaman Sea.
(Smit Soni)
