The maximum tempreatures will be seen on Saturday and Sunday
The sweltering heat being experienced now in April seems a lot more like peak summer in June.
What’s worse, is that there will be no respite from the heat for the next five days. That means we have to deal with another round of heat-wave from
wednsdayWith the City Beautiful recording a maximum temperature of 39 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, April 27.
. Experts have warned that the extreme heat so early in this year is particularly dangerous.
The maximum tempreatures will be seen on Saturday and Sunday, which may go up to 46 degrees Celsius, said Met department Director Manmohan Singh.
The maximum temperature may touch 46 degrees Celsius in parts of Punjab and Haryana, He said Punjab and Haryana over the next five days could reach 44-45 degrees Celsius, approaching its record April temperature, while some parts of Punjab could reach up to 46 degrees.
Manmohan Singh attributed it to the long dry spell as it last rained on February 28 and to the absence of active western disturbances over north India.
The region had got some respite last week owing to cloudy weather due to the influence of a western disturbance over Afghanistan, but the next few days look bad, say experts.
Chandigarh may also see a partly cloudy sky over the days and a duststorm and strong winds in Haryana because of the feeble western disturbance, says Manmohan Singh, adding that there would be no rain in the coming days.
He said March, too, was the warmest month as temperatures were 6-7 degrees Celsius higher than what it used to be in other years.
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