Brace for a scorcher of a summer, Mumbai

After days of recording an unusual chill brace yourselves for the onslaught of summer As meteorologists predict the departure of the cold spell and onset of warmer weather the city is anticipated to experience an increase in both maximum and minimum temperaturesAs per Meteorologists both Maharashtra and Gujarat will get drier and warmer by 34 degrees Celsius from the coming weekendAs per the forecast issued by the Vagaries of Weather a private weather blog the maximum temperature in Mumbai will rise to 3536 degrees Celsius while the night time temperature will jump to around 21 degrees Celsius Similarly Pune will get warmer and reach 3536 degrees Celsius and night time temperatures will be hovering around 1617 degrees Celsius Daytime or maximum temperature in Vidarbha region will reach 3839 degrees CelsiusA man shields his face with a file against the scorching sun at Churchgate PicsSatej ShindeSpeaking to midday day Rajesh Kapadia of Vagaries of weather said summer is gradually setting in ldquoOfficially from March to May is the premonsoon summer for our region The cooler winds change directions to South Westerly or South Easterly The winds from the Bay of Bengal also penetrate into the East Coast as Sea BreezeAround April winds from the East and the South West winds sort of ldquomeetrdquo in the Central Regions of the Peninsula This is termed as the ldquo confluence of windsrdquo The confluence of these winds create the ldquoLine of Discontinuity ldquo in the Central Southern Peninsula Resulting in thundershowers in the interior regionsrdquo Kapadia saidOn Friday Mumbairsquos Santacruz observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 346 degree while the colaba observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 32 degree celsiusThe Indian Meteorological Departmentrsquos IMD longrange projections have already painted a grim picture forecasting abovenormal daytime temperatures across WestCentral India throughout the summer season spanning from March to MayldquoDuring the upcoming hot weather season March to May MAM abovenormal maximum temperatures are most likely over most parts of the country except over some isolated areas of Northwest Northeast Central and Peninsular India where normal to below normal maximum temperatures are most likely Monthly maximum temperatures for March 2024 are most likely to be above normal over most areas of Peninsula Northeast and West Central India and many areas of North west India On the other hand normal to below normal maximum temperatures are most likely over most parts of East and Eastcentral India and some parts of Northwest Indiardquo stated IMDrsquos LRP34 degAvg temperature increase from today