Image Source : REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE/PTI Above regular summer time temperatures probably throughout nation besides South, central India: IMD
Day temperatures are prone to be above regular in north, northeast, elements of east and west India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned Monday in its summer time forecast for March to May. However, it has forecast a chance of under regular temperatures in south and adjoining central India.
“During the upcoming hot weather season (March to May), above normal seasonal maximum (day) temperatures are likely over most of the subdivisions of north, northwest and northeast India, few subdivisions from eastern and western parts of central India and few coastal subdivisions of north peninsular India,” the forecast mentioned.
There is a likelihood forecast for above most temperatures in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Gujarat, coastal Maharashtra, Goa and coastal Andhra Pradesh.
“However, below normal seasonal maximum temperatures are likely over most of the subdivisions of south peninsula and adjoining central India,” it added.
It mentioned above regular seasonal minimal (night time) temperatures are probably over many of the of north India alongside the foot hills of Himalayas, northeast India, western a part of central India and southern a part of peninsular India.
“However, below normal season minimum temperatures are likely over most of the subdivisions of eastern part of the central India and few subdivisions of extreme northern part of the country,” the IMD added.
The IMD added that average La Niña situations are prevailing over the equatorial Pacific and sea floor temperatures (SSTs) are under regular over the central and japanese equatorial Pacific Ocean.
The newest mannequin forecast signifies that La Niña situations are prone to maintain in the course of the upcoming sizzling climate season (March to May), it added.
La Nina is related to the cooling of the Pacific waters and El Nino is its anthesis. The phenomenon has a influence on the climate of the Indian sub-continent.
The IMD mentioned it is going to launch the second summer time forecast for April to June in April.
The IMD final month had mentioned the minimal temperature recorded within the nation in January was the warmest for the month in 62 years. South India was very warm. The month was the warmest in 121 years, with 22.33 levels Celsius in south India, adopted by 22.14 levels Celsius in 1919 and 21.93 levels Celsius in 2020 because the second and third warmest months.
Central India was additionally the warmest (14.82 levels Celsius) within the final 38 years after 1982 (14.92 levels Celsius), whereas 1958 with 15.06 levels Celsius was the warmest within the 1901-2021 interval.
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