Thunderstorm forecast for Madhya Maharashtra till May 8, Pune day temp reaches 41 °C
In Sangli, there was light rainfall around 6 pm, Matheran received 3 mm rain and Mahabaleshwar 0.7 mm.
Officials have urged people to ensure their own safety and that of their livestock during lightning strikes. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) It was yet another sweltering 40° C day on May 7, when the air in many parts of Pune began to smell of rain. The sky became cloudy in the late afternoon and a breeze sprang up. The India Meteorology Department (IMD) had forecast thunderstorms, lightning and squall in parts of Madhya Maharashtra till May 8. Though there was no rain in Pune, the city felt the cooling effects as the evening turned pleasant.
In Sangli, there was light rainfall around 6 pm, Matheran received 3 mm rain and Mahabaleshwar 0.7 mm. According to SD Sanap, Scientist at the IMD Pune, the change in the weather is due to a trough over the region, which was causing moisture incursion over parts of south Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha. “The conditions are favourable for some parts of Pune to get light rainfall over the next two days,” says Sanap.
The weather station at Lohegaon recorded the highest maximum temperature in the city on May 7, 41° C, which was almost 3° C above normal. In Shivajinagar, Pune’s main weather office, too, the maximum temperature, 39.6° C, was 1.6° C above normal. Koregaon Park was just as hot, at 39.7° C. Chinchwad and Wadgaonsheri recorded a warm 38.9° C, while Magarpatta touched 38.2° C. In Pashan, Lavale and NDA, the maximum temperature touched 37° C.
The morning in Pune had begun on a warm note in localities, such as Magarpatta, where the minimum temperature touched 26.8° C and the Relative Humidity (RH) was 49. In Koregaon Park, the minimum temperature was almost 26° C while the RH was the highest in the city at 69. Shivajinagar registered 23.4° C and an RH of 60. People in Wadgaonsheri, Koregaon Park and Hadapsar, woke up to a minimum temperature of almost 26° C.
The coolest morning in Maharashtra was experienced in Gondia, Vidarbha, where 19.2° C was 7.6° C below normal. Vidarbha, which has experienced a heat wave this summer, also felt the hottest in the state—Washim recorded 42.2° C. According to the weather office, there is a yellow alert to inform people of Vidarbha that there is a chance of thunderstorm, lightning and squall in some parts over the next 48 hours, till May 9. Parts of Marathwada, too, are likely to have thunderstorms, lightning and squall till May 8.
According to the weather office, the maximum temperature is likely to be around 40° C across Pune and the mornings is expected to range from 23° C in Shivajinagar and Pashan to 28° C in Magarpatta and 27° C in Koregaon Park and Lohegaon.
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