Severe Heat To Prevail For Next 48 Hrs In Rajasthan, West MP, Telangana: IMD

The weather will remain the same during the next 24 hours. Slight respite from heatwave conditions is expected on March 19, the MET department said.

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New Delhi: Parts of India is going to experience severe heatwave in the next 24 hours, according to the India Meteorological Department's tweets on Friday.

2. Heat Wave conditions very likely to prevail in isolated to some parts of Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha during next 48 hours; over Gujarat state, Telangana during next 24 hours.

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) March 18, 2022

According to the IMD department, there will be severe heatwave conditions at isolated pockets in West Rajasthan during the next 24 hours. These conditions persisted in some parts of Rajasthan on Thursday with Barmer recording the highest maximum temperature in the state at 43.4 degrees Celsius, according to the meteorological department.

Several other parts like Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer too experienced weather above 40 degrees Celsius, according to PTI.  

The weather will remain the same during the next 24 hours. Slight respite from heatwave conditions is expected on March 19, the Met department said. Similarly, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a yellow alert warning of heatwave conditions in nine districts of Madhya Pradesh for the next two days.

Senior meteorologist PK Saha of IMD Bhopal citing the cause for the weather condition, said that the dry westerly winds from neighbouring Rajasthan were blowing into the central state. The westerlies will relent on Friday and might push the temperatures down by just one or two degrees, he added.