IMD issues heatwave warning in Mumbai after temperature touches 42.5°C
The IMD issued warnings for several areas, with temperatures significantly above normal, attributed to an anticyclonic circulation and easterly winds.
On Monday, the city experienced its second heatwave in less than a week. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) weather stations at seven locations revealed that daytime temperature at Ram Mandir touched a whopping 42.5 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature at Vikhroli stood at 41.7 degrees Celsius.
On Sunday, the IMD had issued a heatwave or severe heatwave warning in isolated pockets of the city, Thane, Palghar and Raigad for Monday, and the warning stays applicable till 8.30am on Tuesday.
The IMD sounds a ‘heatwave’ warning when maximum temperatures are over 6 degrees above the normal, and 6.4 degrees Celsius. above normal is classified as severe heatwave.
On Monday, the Santacruz weather stations saw a maximum temperature of 38.4 degrees Celsius, six degrees above normal. At 4.8 degrees Celsius above normal, Colaba recorded a maximum temperature of 35.9 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, maximum temperatures hovered around 39.3 degrees Celsius at Vidyavihar, 39.1 degrees Celsius at Dahisar, 38.9 degrees Celsius at Chembur, 37.9 degrees Celsius at Bandra, and 36.2 degrees Celsius at Byculla.
The minimum temperatures at the Santacruz and Colaba weather stations were 1.8 degrees Celsius above normal at 21.3 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius respectively.
{{/usCountry}}The minimum temperatures at the Santacruz and Colaba weather stations were 1.8 degrees Celsius above normal at 21.3 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius respectively.
{{/usCountry}}“The spike in temperatures is attributed to the anticyclonic circulation in the Arabian Sea near south Gujarat and neighbouring areas including Mumbai, and easterly winds that cause the sea breeze to set in late,” said Sushma Nair, senior scientist, IMD Mumbai. “There is likely to be a let up from Tuesday evening.”
{{/usCountry}}“The spike in temperatures is attributed to the anticyclonic circulation in the Arabian Sea near south Gujarat and neighbouring areas including Mumbai, and easterly winds that cause the sea breeze to set in late,” said Sushma Nair, senior scientist, IMD Mumbai. “There is likely to be a let up from Tuesday evening.”
{{/usCountry}}Last week, on Thursday, Mumbai experienced its first heat wave of the season, also the earliest in at least a decade, with the maximum temperature touching 38.9 degrees Celsius.
{{/usCountry}}Last week, on Thursday, Mumbai experienced its first heat wave of the season, also the earliest in at least a decade, with the maximum temperature touching 38.9 degrees Celsius.
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