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According to the news agency PTI, IMD's director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, mentioned that above-normal maximum temperatures are expected over most parts of the country during the April-June period, with a higher likelihood in central and western peninsular India.I)..
Regarding the preparations of the state governments for the upcoming elections amid predictions of heatwave conditions, Union Minister of Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju told news agency ANI, According to our projections, a huge region of the country is going to be affected with heatwave including states like West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka..
(The 95th percentile represents a value higher than 95 per cent of the data points in a given set.)According to the latest bulletin from the weather department, maximum temperatures are expected to exceed the 95th percentile in parts of Rayalaseema, Karnataka, Marathwada, and Odisha until Thursday, and in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, East Madhya Pradesh, and Vidarbha from Thursday onwards..
The heatwave conditions are likely in Rayalaseema, East Madhya Pradesh, and Gangetic West Bengal from Wednesday to Friday.Vidarbha and Jharkhand may experience heatwave conditions on Thursday and Friday, while warm night conditions are anticipated in isolated pockets of Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada on Monday and Tuesday.Odisha is expected to witness warm night conditions from Tuesday to Friday..
Additionally, Odisha is expected to experience hot and humid weather from Tuesday to Friday.The weather department said on Saturday that due to dry conditions prevailing in major parts of Odisha and intense solar radiation, maximum temperatures are expected to range between 38 to 40 degrees Celsius in interior areas and 36 to 38 degrees Celsius in coastal districts over the next four to five days.In the national capital, on Sunday, the IMD reported a maximum temperature of 35.2 degrees Celsius, slightly above the seasonal average.Meanwhile, the Meteorological Centre in Agartala issued a warning for Tripura on Monday, indicating the likelihood of thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph in isolated areas across the districts of Tripura..
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