A slight respite is expected from the dry and hot westerly winds in the northern India from May 30 with forecast of thunderstorm, dust storm and rainfall.
"Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon over the next few days. Monsoon will hit the Kerala coast by May 30," DS Pai, head, long range forecast,
According to the
GP Sharma, V-P-meteorology, Skymet Weather Services, said: "The monsoon progress has been stuck till Hambantota in
Moreover, light rain and thunder showers continue to lash the southern part of India apart from the coastal belts of
The monsoon would set in after 60% of the available 14 stations across Kerala, Karnataka,
But people across north and central India would not get any relief from the hot winds till the weekend. "Heat wave conditions will continue with temperature 2-7 degree above normal over most parts of the country. Under the influence of a western disturbance, we can expect some light spell of rains along with thunderstorm over north India," said Sharma.
People should be better prepared to face severe heat wave conditions in coming days at some places in Odisha,
The weather office also forecast fall in day temperatures by about 2°C over Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Vidarbha from May 28 onwards.
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