The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday asked Mumbaikars to “take care and avoid outings” in the city due to the prevailing dry and hot weather conditions.

An IMD official pointed out that the temperature in Mumbai was “already reading 37 degrees plus” on Saturday a little after noon. “Easterlies are prevailing, raising the mercury. Humidity levels are as low as 20 per cent,  making it dry heat,” said the official. The official said that the interiors of Maharashtra, extending up to Vidarbha and, Nagpur and Raipur, had experienced “intense rainfall” on Friday, accompanied by lightning and thunder.