Weekend weather forecast from Friday 3rd to Monday 6th May:

Mumbai: "Normal" humid May summer returns to Mumbai region. Friday 3rd May will see max temperature of 33-34C. Nights will be around 24-25C. Slight temperature rise is expected over the weekend, with a max around 34-36C. Nights can warm up to 26C. 

Thane district interiors could see 36-38C max on Friday 3rd May and 38-41C max over the weekend.

Pune: Friday will see a max around 38C, but rising upto 39-40C over the weekend and into Monday. Nights/early mornings will be pleasant till Saturday with min around 21C, but rising to around 22-23C on Sunday 5th and Monday 6th.

Gujarat: Normal summer weather expected across the state. Days will be hot and dry with max temperature around 41C for most of Saurashtra, Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Bharuch areas. Parts of Saurashtra and Kutch may see some clouding on Friday/Saturday due to approaching Western Disturbance.

Coastal regions will see lower max around 34-36C due to sea breeze, but more humidity. Surat region will see max around 36C. 

Bangalore region, south interior Karnataka and interior Tamil Nadu will get thunderstorms during next 3-4 days. 

Heatwave conditions to persist in Kolkata and Gangetic West Bengal till Saturday, but chances of thunderstorms is increasing. So relief from the heat is likely. 

Himalayas to get rain/thunderstorms and snow (in high elevations) due to approaching Western Disturbance (WD).

WD effect to shift to eastern Himalayas from Sunday. Most northeastern states will receive thunderstorms during Sunday 5th and Monday 6th May. Parts of Assam can get heavy thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail.

 1st May

April weather facts 

Heat ! Heat ! Why always highlights on only the Heat...many regions in the North and NW plains are getting pleasantly better weather...see weather without impartiality

Gulmarg👉

Amritsar 👉

 

Exceptional heatwave in West Bengal and Odisha

Maximum temperature recorded on 30 April 2024 in West Bengal (bracket values denote temperature departure from normal)

Kolkata: 43c (+7.4)

Uluberia: 43c (+9.5)

Midnapore: 45.5c (+8.7)

Bankura: 45.1c (+7.4)

Kalaikunda: 47.2c (+10.4)

Burdwan: 44.0c (+8.4)

Panagarh: 45.6c (+10)

Barrackpore: 44.6c (+8.6)

Malda: 42.6c (+7.6)

Balurghat: 41c (+6.2)

Maximum temperature recorded on 30 April 2024 in Odisha (bracket values denote temperature departure from normal)

Jharsuguda: 44.2c (+3.6)

Angul: 44.7c (+4.5)

Baripada: 46.4c (+8.9)

Bhubaneshwar: 45.4c (+7.6)

Balasore: 46.0c (+10.1)

Cuttack: 44.2c (+7.1)

Data source: IMD

 Mumbai: The April 2024 weather  

Hearing a lot about the  "Heat Wave " in Mumbai this April. 

Let us now study, how we compare with the April "Highest" Temperatures since 1950... and 2024 saw the 8th hottest April day at 39.7c

April 1952 saw the hottest ever April at 42.2c,👇

April 2024 saw the highest of 39.7c, and, it is ranked joint 8th with 2009 in the list of Month's previous highs !👇

Talking about Warm Nights, the warmest night in April ever was in 2011, when the minimum was 29c. This year, 2024, the warmest night in April was at 27.5c.

Pune : April 2024: Highest 41.8c on 29th....not even in the first ten highest readings for April.

Record 43.3c on 30-4-1897.

Maharashtra: Konkan region saw slightly above normal temperatures in April. The rest of Maharashtra was almost normal to below normal.

 30th April 

Bangalore special forecast:

The long dry spell is likely to be broken around 2nd May. After seeing temperatures consistently above 37°c since last 9 days.

 Bangalore region is likely to get thunderstorms during the period 2nd to 5th May.

Mysore region as well as Nilgiris may get good thunderstorms during this period.

Ooty recorded 29.0°c on Monday 29th.

The all time  record for any month  thus broken which was 28.5°c on 29-4-1986.

Today, 29th April,  

Mumbai recorded 39.1°c. This being the 2nd highest of this season. Now, technically, this is termed as a " heatwave ", being 5° above the normal.

The real feel was 40°, and the humidity being very low at 20%.

Colaba saw 35.2°c, 2°above normal.

The all time April record however is 42.2°c on 14-4-1952.

We can expect the Mumbai temperatures to reach sane levels of around 35° by 2nd May 

We can attribute thus intense heat due to the strong Anti Cyclobe, or High Pressure in the Arabian Sea,  which is seasonal .

The point to note is that this hot weather is restricted to Konkan region. (Yesterday Matheran, at 700 metres asl, recorded 39°c, its highest ever April reading).

Hotbeds like Vidharbh and Marathwada are near normal in day temperatures. 

IMD Bulletin 👇

No rain is expected soon.

 28th April 2024...

Today's heat reminds us of similar heat of 2019,  Similar heat on date. 🔥

Now in 28-4-2024👇

Matheran all time high for April this year.

Then in 27-4-2019👇

The positive side: We had a very good Monsoon in 2019.  Record rainfall of 3670 mms in Scruz

8521 mms in Mahabaleshwar.