There will be severe heat in Mumbai for the next 4 days, yellow alert issued

Mumbai: The weather department has issued a yellow alert for hot and humid weather (Hot and Humid Weather – Buffaro) for five days (April 22 to 26) for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg along the entire Konkan coast and Madhya Maharashtra, In Marathwada and Vidarbha too, there has been a warning of thunderstorm, strong lightning, rain with strong winds and hailstorm during these five days.

For Mumbaikars, the summer of 2024 is likely to see more severe and intense natural features than last year's summer. Nevertheless, according to the World Meteorological Organization, the year 2023 has been the hottest year.

Natural factors are now circling that the summer of 2024 could be stronger than the summer of 2023. That means, Mumbaikars have got a hint of intense heat in February 2024 itself.

On February 25, the maximum temperatures recorded in Santa Cruz, Mumbai were 35.7, 26, 37.5, 29 and 37.2 degrees Celsius. In March, it seems as if summer has really started in Mumbai, on March 9 the maximum temperature in Santa Cruz was 35.2 degrees Celsius and on March 21, the maximum temperature increased to 38.8 degrees Celsius.

Since it is so low, the weather department declared the first heatwave of the summer and severe heatwave in Mumbai on April 15 (Santa Cruz, 37.9 degrees) and April 16 (39.7 degrees). Let's just say Mumbaikars were completely overwhelmed.

Today, Colaba recorded a maximum temperature of —– and minimum temperature of —– degrees Celsius, while a maximum temperature of —– and minimum temperature of —– degrees Celsius was recorded in Satcruz.

Humidity in Colaba today was —- percent, while humidity in Santa Cruz was —- percent. The maximum temperature in Mumbai during the next 48 hours is likely to be at ——- degrees, while the minimum temperature is likely to be at ——- degrees.

Sunil Kamble, Deputy Director General of the Meteorological Department (Mumbai Centre), told Gujarat Samachar that at present north-westerly winds are blowing in the lower atmosphere of Mumbai, and these north-westerly winds are also bringing heat with them. Abundant moisture is also coming over Maharashtra from the Sagar and Bay of Bengal, along with a low pressure belt at a distance of 0.9 km from Chhattisgarh to Vidarbha and Kerala. At the same time, there is a strong collision of two opposite winds at equal distances in the sky.

Due to the heavy impact of more than one such natural factor, there is a possibility of formation of heat, boiling, blowing environment (yellow alert) in the entire sea area of ​​Konkan (Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg). Next five days from today. Moreover, during the same period, Central Maharashtra (Nashik, Ahmednagar, Jalgaon, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Solapur), Marathwada (Jalna, Parbhani, Beed, Hingoli, Nanded, Latur), Vidarbha (Akola, Amravati, Bhandara , Buldhana), Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Nagpur, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal — Yellow Alert) There is a possibility of thunderstorm, heavy lightning, strong wind with rain – hailstorm.

Sources of the Meteorological Department (Nagpur Centre) have informed that after 1 pm today there was rain and thunder in Nagpur and surrounding areas. There was also hailstorm, due to which the atmosphere became quite cold.