Heatwave abates in northwest India, 5 days of relief predicted

A fresh western disturbance provided muchneeded respite from the oppressive heat in northwest India on Sunday but parts of central India and west Rajasthan continued to reel under a scorching heatwave the India Meteorological Department IMD said on SundayThe fresh western disturbance led to rainfall in south Haryana and east Rajasthan on Sunday afternoon providing relief from the blistering heat in the regionThere is no prediction of a heatwave in most parts of the country for the next five days senior IMD scientist R K Jenamani saidBarring some parts of west Rajasthan and the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra no place in the country is likely to see a heatwave in the next five days he saidParts of west Rajasthan recorded a heatwave on Sunday too with the mercury settling at 471 degrees Celsius in Bikaner 469 degrees Celsius in Ganganagar 468 degrees Celsius in Barmer and 466 degrees Celsius in PhalodiBramhapuri 462 degrees Celsius and Chandrapur 46 degrees Celsius in Maharashtras Vidarbha region and Nowgong 455 degrees Celsius Rajgarh 454 degrees Celsius and Khajuraho 454 degrees Celsius also braved intense heatThe maximum temperature is likely to drop by three to four degrees Celsius over many parts of northwest India during the next two days the IMD said in a statementA heatwave is likely in some parts of Vidarbha Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Telangana and west Rajasthan on Monday it saidIsolated light rainfall along with dust storms thunderstorms and winds gusting up to 50 kmph are very likely over Punjab Haryana Delhi Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan during the next four days the weather office saidDue to scanty rains owing to feeble western disturbances northwest and central India experienced the hottest April in 122 years with the average maximum temperature touching 359 degrees Celsius and 3778 degrees Celsius respectivelySeveral places in the country logged alltime high temperatures for April over the last few days as the mercury leaped to 4647 degrees Celsius under the impact of the torrid heatwaveBanda in east Uttar Pradesh had logged a record high of 474 degrees Celsius for April on FridayAllahabad Jhansi and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh Gurugram in Haryana and Satna in Madhya Pradesh had also recorded alltime high temperatures for April at 468 degrees Celsius 462 degrees Celsius 451 degrees Celsius 459 degrees Celsius and 453 degrees Celsius respectively on FridayAt 435 degrees Celsius Delhi saw its highest maximum temperature for a day in April in 12 years on Thursday and FridayOn Saturday Delhis Sports Complex weather station recorded a maximum temperature of 471 degrees CelsiusAmid the intense heatwave Indias peak power demand reached an alltime high of 20711 GW on FridayA heatwave is declared when the maximum temperature is over 40 degrees Celsius and at least 45 notches above normal A severe heatwave is declared if the departure from normal temperature is more than 64 notches according to the IMDBased on absolute recorded temperatures a heatwave is declared when an area logs a maximum temperature of 45 degrees CelsiusA severe heatwave is declared if the maximum temperature crosses the 47degree Celsius markIndia saw its warmest March this year since the IMD began keeping records 122 years ago amid a 71 per cent rain deficitThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever