Summer to be hotter in north India: IMD
Amit.Bhattacharya@timesgroup.com 02.04.2018
New Delhi: Most partsof north India can expect a searing hot summer this year with average mean temperatures remaining more than a degree above normal, the India Meteorological Department said in its countrywide hot weather outlook for April, May and June on Sunday.
While northIndia islikely to see the highest temperature deviations — which also indicates drier-than-usual weather in that region — IMD’s outlook says the average seasonal temperatures over most subdivisions of the country could be above normal. The regions with slightly lower-than-normal projected temperatures are eastern, east-central and southern partsof thecountry, theoutlook stated.
“North India is expected to be mainly dry with clear skies and anti-cyclonic winds that raisetemperatures. The higherthan-normal temperatures there seem to be linked with global warming signals,” saidD Sivananda Pai, head of IMD’s long-range forecasting division.
“Maximum temperatures in south and east India could be closer to normal, indicating cloudiness and good pre-monsoon showers in these regions,” Pai said.
Although theupcoming season in the north will be hotter than normal, theforecast added that the season’s average temperatures in most subdivisions are likely to be less than what was seen last year. The season is likely to see the usual number of heat wavesover thecore heat wave (HW) zone of the country, the department said although there’s a 38% probability of above-normal heat wave conditions.
The HW zone covers states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa and Telangana, as well as meteorological subdivisions of Marathawada, Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra and coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Amit.Bhattacharya@timesgroup.com 02.04.2018
New Delhi: Most partsof north India can expect a searing hot summer this year with average mean temperatures remaining more than a degree above normal, the India Meteorological Department said in its countrywide hot weather outlook for April, May and June on Sunday.
While northIndia islikely to see the highest temperature deviations — which also indicates drier-than-usual weather in that region — IMD’s outlook says the average seasonal temperatures over most subdivisions of the country could be above normal. The regions with slightly lower-than-normal projected temperatures are eastern, east-central and southern partsof thecountry, theoutlook stated.
“North India is expected to be mainly dry with clear skies and anti-cyclonic winds that raisetemperatures. The higherthan-normal temperatures there seem to be linked with global warming signals,” saidD Sivananda Pai, head of IMD’s long-range forecasting division.
“Maximum temperatures in south and east India could be closer to normal, indicating cloudiness and good pre-monsoon showers in these regions,” Pai said.
Although theupcoming season in the north will be hotter than normal, theforecast added that the season’s average temperatures in most subdivisions are likely to be less than what was seen last year. The season is likely to see the usual number of heat wavesover thecore heat wave (HW) zone of the country, the department said although there’s a 38% probability of above-normal heat wave conditions.
The HW zone covers states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa and Telangana, as well as meteorological subdivisions of Marathawada, Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra and coastal Andhra Pradesh.
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