No Heat Wave Likely Over Northwest India For Next 7 Days: IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that no heat wave conditions were likely in Northwest India for the next seven days.

Kuldeep Srivastava, a scientist at IMD-Delhi said that heatwave conditions were less in the first half of May as Western disturbances affected parts of northwest India.

"Heatwave conditions in the first half of May were less severe due to Western disturbances that affected parts of northwest India. As the next western disturbance is approaching northwest India, for the next 7 days, we are not expecting heatwave conditions there. But the temperature will be higher, up to 40°C," he told news agency ANI.

"Dust-raising winds are prevailing over Haryana, South Haryana, Delhi NCR, Western Uttar Pradesh, and North-East Rajasthan. The main reason behind this is that a western disturbance has passed away and strong winds are prevailing. Apart from that, the temperature was quite high for the last week, mostly 40°C or above," he added.

"The atmosphere is dry, and the soil has become loose because of the hot atmosphere. That's why winds that are blowing at 40-45 kmph are raising the dust from the surface and spreading it in the atmosphere, and mainly these are spreading up to a height of 1-2 km," he further said.