IMD officials claimed that this heatwave situation was likely to continue for a few more days.
The mercury seems to have no respite in store for Maharashtra as several parts, especially Vidarbha has been reeling under severe heatwave conditions. According to the IMD officials, this also has impacted the temperatures in Konkan and Mumbai as well.
IMD officials claimed that this heatwave situation was likely to continue for a few more days. Meanwhile, according to Skymet - a private weather forecasting agency - the reason for these intense summer heat conditions over some parts of Maharashtra is due to the hot westerly winds which are blowing over these regions from Sindh, Balochistan and Central Pakistan region wherein the temperatures are already running sky high, even beyond the 50-degree mark. "In addition to this, clear and sunny sky conditions for the last many days are also adding to this intense summer heat," states their portal.
A senior IMD official said, "We had issued heatwave warnings in advance and had asked people as well as farmers to take necessary precautions to protect themselves from the effects of high temperatures. We expect this to continue for the next two to three days," he said.
While on Monday Chandrapur (46.8 degree Celsius) was the hottest place in the country, however, on Tuesday there was slight respite as the maximum temperature recorded in Chandrapur was 45.9 degree Celsius, while Nagpur recorded a maximum of 44.5 degree Celsius, Wardha was 45 degree Celsius, and Akola was at 44.5 degree Celsius.
Meanwhile, cities like Pune (40.7 degree Celsius), Aurangabad (42 degree Celsius), too, were reeling under intense heat. However, the coastal belt was still better with maximum temperature of Ratnagiri recorded at 33.6 while in Mumbai the Sanatacruz observatory saw the maximum temperature of 33.3 degree Celsius while Colaba was 34 degree Celsius.
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- Pune (40.7 degree Celsius) and Aurangabad (42 degree Celsius), too, have been reeling under intense heat
- However, the coastal belt was still better with max temp of Ratnagiri recorded at 33.6 Celsius
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