The heat wave that seared the city on Monday returned on Tuesday.
Amdavadis have survived the worst of summers with protective hand gloves, dupattas, sunglasses, and fruit juice. But this year even the most effective body armour against the sun seems to have failed.
The heat wave that seared the city on Monday returned on Tuesday. It was milder; yet the maximum day temperature at six places across Gujarat again rose to over 41 degree Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a heat wave warning even on Tuesday, the third till mid-April this year.
This is alarming given that, in the past, IMD had issued such warnings only twice and that also only in the month of April. Following the heat wave warning in March this year, DNA had reported that this was the first time ever that a heat wave had struck the city in the third month of the year.
On Tuesday, Kamaljit Ray, director of IMD, said that this was the third heat wave to sweep the state this year. “Temperatures may rise further on Wednesday,” she said. “This year, the frequency of heat waves is higher than in previous years. And the situation is unlikely to improve for the next few days because of the anti-cyclonic circulation in the upper air over Gujarat.”
IMD has also warned that heat wave conditions will prevail in parts of north Gujarat region and Kutch for at least two more days. The maximum temperature recorded in Ahmedabad on Tuesday was 42.4°C, about 3 degrees higher than the normal range for the month. The minimum temperature recorded in the city on the day was 27°C, which is 1 degree higher than its seasonal range.
Temperatures at seven other places in Gujarat — Gandhinagar, Baroda, Rajkot, Bhuj, Bhavnagar, Deesa, and Idar —touched 40°C or above.
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