The IMD on Friday issued a heat wave warning for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Sangli, Solapur and Latur in Maharashtra. There will be heat and humidity in different areas between April 5 and April 8.
Earlier on Friday, the IMD said that heat wave is likely in northwest India in the next six days and the temperature in Delhi is expected to reach 42 degrees Celsius. The areas affected by this include South Haryana, Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat Rajasthan and Western Madhya Pradesh.
The IMD said that during this period, the maximum temperature is likely to increase by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius in many parts of central and northwest India.
At the same time, the day temperature in some places in Delhi may reach 42 degrees Celsius by April 6 or 7. Earlier this week, the department had said that India is likely to experience above normal temperatures from April to June, with more hot days expected over central and eastern India and the northwestern plains. Normally, India experiences hot winds for four to seven days between April and June.
‘Will these states experience hotter winds’?
According to the IMD, the states that are likely to experience above normal temperatures include Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and northern parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Some states like Uttar Pradesh (its eastern region), Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha may experience hot winds for 10 to 11 days during this period.