Hyderabad: Get ready for hot summer ahead
TNN | Updated: Mar 27, 2019, 09:41 IST
Representative imageHYDERABAD: Get ready for hot and humid weather conditions over the next few days as the mercury level touched 38.2 degree Celsius on Tuesday and is set to cross the 40 degree Celsius mark soon.
Meteorologists at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad forecast that the mercury levels in the city will touch 40 degree Celsius by April 1 and will gradually rise throughout the month.
Along with the day temperature, even the night temperature is on the rise. While it usually settles below 20 degree Celsius, it is hovering between 25 and 29 degree Celsius. At 25.8 degree Celsius, the minimum temperature recorded on Tuesday was three degree Celsius above normal.
The IMD has attributed rise in temperature to an upper air trough extending from Lakshadweep area to east Madhya Pradesh across north interior Karnataka, Marathwada & Vidarbha.
“Due to the blowing of hot and dry southerly winds, some pockets of Rayalaseema and Telangana might cross the mark of 40 degree Celsius. Hyderabad would observe hot and uneasy weather conditions,” read a weather report issued by Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency.
According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), temperature in areas such as Pashamylaram, Maitrivanam, Khairatabad, Lingampally, Madhapur, Bandlaguda, Quthbullapur, Bahadurpura, Musheerabad soared to 39 degree Celsius. Other areas recorded day-time temperature between 35 and 39 degree Celsius.
The maximum temperature in districts has already touched the 40 degree Celsius mark. According to IMD, Hyderabad, Bhadrachalam, Mahbubnagar, Medak and Nizamabad were the hottest districts in Telangana with maximum temperature of 40-41 degree Celsius. “For the next three days, maximum temperatures are expected to be two to three degree Celsius above normal at few places, which are in the range of 37 degree Celsius to 40 degree Celsius,” read a weather forecast issued by TSDPS.
Meteorologists at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad forecast that the mercury levels in the city will touch 40 degree Celsius by April 1 and will gradually rise throughout the month.
Along with the day temperature, even the night temperature is on the rise. While it usually settles below 20 degree Celsius, it is hovering between 25 and 29 degree Celsius. At 25.8 degree Celsius, the minimum temperature recorded on Tuesday was three degree Celsius above normal.
The IMD has attributed rise in temperature to an upper air trough extending from Lakshadweep area to east Madhya Pradesh across north interior Karnataka, Marathwada & Vidarbha.
“Due to the blowing of hot and dry southerly winds, some pockets of Rayalaseema and Telangana might cross the mark of 40 degree Celsius. Hyderabad would observe hot and uneasy weather conditions,” read a weather report issued by Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency.
According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), temperature in areas such as Pashamylaram, Maitrivanam, Khairatabad, Lingampally, Madhapur, Bandlaguda, Quthbullapur, Bahadurpura, Musheerabad soared to 39 degree Celsius. Other areas recorded day-time temperature between 35 and 39 degree Celsius.
The maximum temperature in districts has already touched the 40 degree Celsius mark. According to IMD, Hyderabad, Bhadrachalam, Mahbubnagar, Medak and Nizamabad were the hottest districts in Telangana with maximum temperature of 40-41 degree Celsius. “For the next three days, maximum temperatures are expected to be two to three degree Celsius above normal at few places, which are in the range of 37 degree Celsius to 40 degree Celsius,” read a weather forecast issued by TSDPS.
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