Gurgaon: Despite a marginal dip in temperatures on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of another spell of intense heat, with heatwave to severe heatwave conditions likely at several places in Haryana, including Gurgaon, on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Parts of the city witnessed a brief spell of dust-storm and thunderstorms accompanied by light rainfall around 8:30 am on Saturday. However, no weather observatory in Gurgaon recorded measurable rainfall, and most of the day remained sunny and dry.
The maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 40.4 degrees Celsius, down from 41.5 degrees Celsius a day earlier. At Gurgaon AWS, the maximum settled at 40.1 degrees Celsius, down from 41.4 degrees Celsius on Friday, while NorthCap University recorded 41.5 degrees Celsius, down from 42.7 degrees Celsius. Night temperatures also saw a slight dip. The minimum temperature in Gurgaon was recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, down from 29.6 degrees Celsius the previous day. Gurgaon AWS recorded a minimum of 25 degrees Celsius against 26.3 degrees Celsius earlier, while NorthCap University logged 28.6 degrees Celsius, marginally higher than 28.5 degrees Celsius on Friday.
"The weather is likely to remain dry in Haryana from May 24 to 27. While there may not be any major change in temperatures over the next 24 hours, maximum temperatures are expected to rise by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius over the following four days before falling thereafter," IMD said. For Sunday, the forecast shows that skies would remain partly cloudy, with minimum and maximum temperatures expected to hover around 29 degrees Celsius and 41 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Across Haryana, the average maximum temperature registered a fall of 1.2 degrees Celsius and remained near-normal levels. Rohtak recorded the state's highest maximum temperature at 44.1 degrees Celsius.
According to IMD, weather conditions over northwest India are being influenced by multiple systems, including a western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over Jammu and neighbouring areas in lower tropospheric levels. A trough extending from Punjab to southwest Rajasthan and an upper air cyclonic circulation over south Bihar and adjoining regions are also impacting regional weather patterns.
