Heat wave conditions likely at isolated pockets in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry for 5 days: IMD

The public, party candidates, farmers, traffic police have been requested to avoid working, conducting rallies out in the open between 12- 4 pm.

As per the forecast, since the dry land breeze from north-west is moving towards Tamil Nadu, the temperature may increase 3-5 degree Celsius between March 31 – April 4. (AP)

Heat wave conditions are likely to prevail over isolated pockets in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next five days, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said Wednesday.

As per the forecast, since the dry land breeze from north-west is moving towards Tamil Nadu, the temperature may increase 3-5 degree Celsius between March 31 – April 4. The rise in temperature will be felt in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupathur, Thiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Kallakurichi, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Mayiladuthurai, Puducherry and Karaikal.

“For next 48 hours, the sky condition is likely to be mainly clear. Maximum and minimum temperature will be around 39 ˚C and 28 ˚C respectively,” the release from IMD read.

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Further, public, party candidates, farmers, traffic police have been requested to avoid working, conducting rallies out in the open between 12- 4 pm.

On Tuesday, Chennai recorded temperatures above 40 degree Celsius. According to private weather blogger Pradeep John popularly known as the Tamil Nadu Weatherman, Meenambakkam recorded 41.3 degree Celsius, breaking the record for the highest temperature for the month of March.

Records Tumble

Chennai Meenambakkam records 41.3 C and beats the All Time Record for hottest day for March month

Chennai Meenambakkam had recorded 39.2 C on 31st March 2014.

Chennai Nungambakkam had 40.6 C recorded on 29th March 1953.

— Tamil Nadu Weatherman (@praddy06) March 30, 2021

Similarly, he said Tiruchirapalli recorded 40.8 degree Celsius on Tuesday, it’s hottest day in March in over 50 years.

Janardhan Koushik

Janardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a New Media journalist with over five years of reporting experience in the industry. He has a keen interest in politics, sports, films, and other civic issues. Janardhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from SRM Arts and Science College and a PG Diploma in New Media from Asian College of Journalism, one of the top ranked journalism schools in India. He started his career with India Today group as a sub-editor as part of the sports team in 2016. He has also a wide experience as a script-writer having worked for short-films, pilot films as well as a radio jockey cum show producer while contributing for an online Tamil FM. As a multilingual journalist, he actively tracks the latest development in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry utiling his well-established networks to contribute significantly to breaking news stories. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Star Sports. ... Read More

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