Sunny days ahead for Ludhiana, says PAU weather department

The rising temperature will help push forward monsoon current towards the northern region

With the city sizzling at 42.2 degree Celsius on Friday, the meteorological department of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) said the temperature will continue to rise for a few more days in the presence of sunshine.

As per the laboratory of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana recorded 42.2 degree Celsius on Friday. (GURPREET SINGH/HT)

Head of the department of school of climate change and agricultural meteorology, Prabhjyot Kaur, said the rising temperature will be helpful in pushing forward monsoon current towards the northern region. “The rising temperature will create a low pressure that will help in advancing the monsoon towards the northern region of the country. We had witnessed pleasant weather during the beginning of the month, but that does not help the monsoon in moving forward,” she said.

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The meteorologist also said, “There is slight chance of rain in central Punjab in a couple of days as some western disturbance has been noticed in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

On May 15, the meteorology department observatory of PAU had recorded 12.4mm rain. The maximum temperature on Friday was 32 degree Celsius and minimum was 22.6 degree Celsius.

Meanwhile, a total of 41.2mm rain has been recorded in a fortnight.