NEW DELHI: The months of March, April and May are “likely to be warmer than normal” over northwest, west, central and parts of south India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday in its summer forecast.
Above normal heat wave conditions are also likely in the core heat wave (HW) zone during the season (March-May), it said.
“There is about 43 per cent probability of maximum temperatures in the core HW zone during March to May 2020 to be above normal,” the IMD said.
The core HW zone covers the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana and parts of Maharashtra and coastal Andhra Pradesh. (AGENCIES)
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