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Heat wave arrives in Western India

Moderate heat wave conditions prevailed in Saurashtra and Kutch, and in parts of north Konkan.

Day temperatures were markedly above normal in parts of Assam and Kashmir and were appreciably above normal in parts of Gangetic West Bengal, west Rajasthan and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

They were above normal in Sikkim, Orissa, east Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, coastal Karnataka and Kerala.

They were below normal in parts of Vidarbha and south interior Karnataka, and were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab from where the data were sparse.

Night temperatures were appreciably below normal in parts of Assam, Manipur, Orissa, Bihar plains and of east Madhya Pradesh and were below normal in the Bihar plateau and in parts of Punjab, east Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha and Tamil Nadu.

They were markedly above normal in parts of Saurashtra and Kutch and of south central Maharashtra, and were appreciably above normal in parts of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, west Rajasthan and Gujarat.

They were above normal in parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Kashmir, west Madhya Pradesh, north central Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa, coastal Andhra Pradesh and in the remaining parts of Tamil Nadu. They were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunachal Pradesh from where the data were sparse.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country. Rain or snow is likely at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh.

Rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and at isolated places in Assam and Meghalaya, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Haryana, Punjab, west Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Kutch, south central Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, north interior Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.

                        Temperatures (deg. C)

                          Max          Min


Agartala                  30(-1)       13(-3)
Ahmedabad                 36(+2)       17
Allahabad                 30(-1)       14(-1)
Amritsar                  28(+3)        9
Bangalore                 33(+2)       19(+1)
Bareilly                  28           14(+1)
Bhopal                    31           15
Bhubaneshwar              35(+1)       20(-2)
Bombay                    38(+8)       25(+3)
Calcutta                  31(-2)       19(-1)
Chandigarh                27(+1)       11(-1)
Dehra Dun                 27(+3)       12(+1)
Dibrugarh                 31(+6)       14
Gadag                     35           22(+2)
Gangtok                   20(+3)        9(+2)
Guwahati                  30(+1)       12(-4)
Hyderabad                 36(+3)       20(+1)
Imphal                    28(+3)        8(-1)
Indore                    32           16(+3)
Jabalpur                  30           15(+2)
Jaipur                    31(+3)       17(+4)
Jodhpur                   35(+4)       17(+2)
Kanyakumari               34(+2)       26(+2)
Lucknow                   30           13
Madras                    33(+1)       22
Madurai                   34           21(-1)
Mangalore                 35(+2)       24(+1)
Minicoy                   33(+3)       25(+1)
Nagpur                    33(-2)       15(-2)
New Delhi                 29(+2)       14(+1)
Panaji                    32           24(+2)
Patna                     29(-1)       13(-2)
Pune                      35(+1)       21(+7)
Port Blair                31           23(+1)
Rajkot                    37(+4)       23(+8)
Raipur                    32(-1)       14(-5)
Shillong                  20           10(+1)
Shimla                    18(+5)       10(+5)
Srinagar                  19(+8)        4(+2)
Thiruvananthapuram        35(+3)       23(-1)
Tiruchirapalli            35(+1)       22
Varanasi                  29(-2)       12(-3)
Vishakhapatnam            34(+4)       25(+4)

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