Delhi-NCR To Get Relief From Heatwave With Chances Of Light Rain Today, Says IMD


(MENAFN- Live Mint) "The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Delhi might get some relief from the heat with a chance of light rain on Monday, providing a brief break from the warm weather Senior Scientist Dr Naresh Kumar told ANI that in the next 4-5 days, the temperature can reach 44 degrees Celsius in Eastern India.“In Delhi, the temperature is expected to remain around 38 degrees Celsius in the coming 2-3 days. After this, it may increase slowly by 1-2 degrees and with it, there is a possibility of light rain on Monday.”Also Read: Weather update: IMD predicts heatwave warning; rainfall in THESE states till April 27According to the official statement, a cyclonic disturbance is expected to bring isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall or snowfall, along with thunderstorms and lightning, over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad on April 22nd, and over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on April 22nd and 23rd, 2024 Read: Also Read: Himachal weather: 104 roads blocked due to rain and snowfall, IMD issues yellow alertFurthermore, isolated to scattered rainfall, with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds (30-40 kmph), is likely to occur over East Rajasthan and West Uttar Pradesh on April 22nd, 2024, a senior scientist at IMD, Delhi said that East India is under a heatwave situation and it is expected that in the coming 4-5 days the heatwave will continue in some states noted,“At present, in Eastern India, the temperature has reached 44 degrees Celsius in 1-2 stations. In the next 4-5 days, the temperature can reach 44 degrees Celsius in Eastern India, and in Northwest India, there is no hope of it being near 40 or more than 41 degrees Celsius.”Also Read: IMD issues heatwave alert for West Bengal till April 23, schools announce early summer break“In West Bengal, we have issued a Red alert as heatwave to severe heatwave is prevailing there. The temperature is 6.5 to 4 degrees Celsius higher than normal. Along with this, the minimum temperature is also higher than normal. From tomorrow, we predict that there will be a slight drop in the temperature, and after that Orange alert has been given for 4 days,” he added further said that in Odisha orange alert has been issued for Sunday and Monday after that there may be a slight drop in temperature.“For Odisha, we have given Orange alerts for today and tomorrow and after that, we estimate that there may be a slight drop in temperature and after a break of 2 days, there will be heatwave conditions again in Odisha,” he said Kumar said that in the coming days heat wave conditions are expected to prevail in Bihar is a condition of air temperature that becomes fatal to the human body when exposed. It is defined based on the temperature thresholds over a region in terms of actual temperature or its departure from normal.(With inputs from ANI)

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