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Most parts of India will continue to experience a surge in temperatures in the coming days of the week, with 4-6C above normal over many parts of Northwest India and 2-4C above normal over Central India, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Simultaneously, light, isolated rainfall or snowfall in Jammu & Kashmir (March 4-9), Himachal Pradesh (March 7-9), and Uttarakhand (March 8-9) is likely, under the influence of a feeble Western Disturbance, according to a release. Meanwhile, dense fog conditions, with visibility ranging between 50 and 199 meters, were observed in isolated pockets across Meghalaya and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal. Similar conditions are likely during morning hours at isolated places over Sikkim tomorrow. Accordign to IMD, maximum temperature departures were appreciably to markedly above normal by 4-8C over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, West Rajasthan; above normal by 2-4C over Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat state, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar and near normal over the rest of the country. The maximum temperatures were in the range of 35-38C over Rajasthan, Gujarat State, Maharashtra, Odisha, Peninsular India and 32-35C over Madhya Pradesh, south Uttar Pradesh, Bihar; 28-31C over the remaining parts of the plains of India. Minimum temperatures were in the range of 10-15C over Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, north Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, north Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, south Bihar, West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya; 16-20C over remaining parts of the plains of the country except coastal Odisha, South Peninsular India and West Coast of India where the minimum temperatures are in the range of 20-25C, the release noted. The lowest minimum temperature of 10.0C was observed at Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) over the plains of India. Additionally, an upper air cyclonic circulation is lying over the south and northeast Assam and the surrounding neighbourhood. A cyclonic circulation lies over the central parts of the South Bay of Bengal & adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean in the lower & middle tropospheric levels, tilting southwestwards. (ANI)
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