MUMBAI: On Saturday, the day temperatures surged to 37.4 degrees Celsius, marking the highest recorded temperature of the season. This also stands as the third-highest day temperature recorded in the month of October. In the year 2018, the maximum temperature for October peaked at 38 degrees on October 29, while back in 2015, day temperatures soared to 38.6 degrees on October 17.
IMD officials attributed the rise in temperatures to delayed sea breeze and also ‘Cyclone Tej‘ which has formed in the Arabian Sea owing to which sea breeze futher gets delayed.
IMD in its five day forecast has stated that through the next week dry weather conditions would stay. On Saturday the maximum temperatures recorded by the IMD Santacruz observatory was 3.4 degrees above normal while the IMD Colaba observatory recorded maximum temperatures of 35 degrees which was 1.5 degrees above normal. Humidity levels recorded by both the IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatory was 58% and 72% respectively.
Abhijit Modak, an independent forecaster managing the Konkan Weather blog, attributed the rise in daytime temperatures due to persistent Anticyclone over North West Gujarat and further delayed onset of the sea breeze due to prevailing Arabian sea system. “Typically, the sea breeze is expected to set in by 1 pm, but there was a delay on Saturday , resulting in the temperature rise,” Modak said also highlighting the role of the prevailing cyclone Tej in drawing away the moisture due to prolonged land breeze from east till around 3pm
IMD officials attributed the rise in temperatures to delayed sea breeze and also ‘Cyclone Tej‘ which has formed in the Arabian Sea owing to which sea breeze futher gets delayed.
IMD in its five day forecast has stated that through the next week dry weather conditions would stay. On Saturday the maximum temperatures recorded by the IMD Santacruz observatory was 3.4 degrees above normal while the IMD Colaba observatory recorded maximum temperatures of 35 degrees which was 1.5 degrees above normal. Humidity levels recorded by both the IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatory was 58% and 72% respectively.
Abhijit Modak, an independent forecaster managing the Konkan Weather blog, attributed the rise in daytime temperatures due to persistent Anticyclone over North West Gujarat and further delayed onset of the sea breeze due to prevailing Arabian sea system. “Typically, the sea breeze is expected to set in by 1 pm, but there was a delay on Saturday , resulting in the temperature rise,” Modak said also highlighting the role of the prevailing cyclone Tej in drawing away the moisture due to prolonged land breeze from east till around 3pm
