The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that heatwave conditions will remain abated from all parts of the country at least for the next one week. Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon has advanced further to the central Arabian Sea, entire coastal Karnataka, Goa, parts of Maharashtra, parts of north Interior Karnataka, some parts of Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, central & some parts of northeast Bay of Bengal, hinting at its good progress in the next 10 days.
The IMD said that heatwave conditions will remain abated from all parts of the country at least for the next one week. Heatwave is declared when the day temperature reaches 40 degrees or more and is above normal by more than 4.5 degrees celsius. Alternately, mercury breaching 45 degrees for 2 or more consecutive days calls for heatwave announcement and is generally relieved with thunderstorm and dust storm activity.
However, a lull is expected in the rainfall activity on June 7-8, Rajendra Jenamani of the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the IMD, said.
“But a low pressure area is expected to form in the Bay of Bengal by June 11. This will help in the progress of the monsoon and it is likely to advance into Odisha, Jharkhand, parts of West Bengal and Bihar,” he said. The monsoon set over Kerala on June 3, two days after its normal onset date. The IMD has also made a forecast of a normal rainfall in June.
“Temperatures are likely to rise by three to four degrees Celsius over most parts of northwest India in the next three days due to increase in moisture and variable wind direction,” the IMD said.