Heat Wave In India To Abate By May End

MAY 22, 2016

The maximum temperatures in many parts of India rose to frightening levels. It started with parts of eastern India. Odisha was badly affected. But cyclone ROANU has brought relief.

Gujarat had Ahmedabad touching 48 degrees centigrade on May 19, 2016. But the onset of monsoon winds from the Arabian Sea has cooled Gujarat.

But Rajasthan, Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh are still steaming. Churu and Ganganagar in Rajasthan registered 49.2 degrees yesterday.

But the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune has good news. It says.....

Day maximum & night minimum temperatures are likely to remain markedly above normal over entire northwest, west & central India during 17th – 26th May. They are likely to fall to their respective normal / below normal values during the period 27th May – 1st June.

What is the reason for this record high temperatures? Meteorologists and climate scientists will have a field day analysing. But ask the ordinary guy on the street. "Global warming", he/she replies promptly.

There, you got the answer.

What to do to beat the killer heat?

Avoid going out in the sun as much as possible. Use a white cap, handkerchief to cover your head. Wear white cotton clothes.

Drink lots of cool water. 22 glasses of water a day.

Bathing in cool water twice a day is a good idea.

Drink buttermilk, lemonade, fruit juices.

Eat watermelon.

Some say eating onions is a good way to beat the heat.

Eat light food. Avoid spicy, oily food.

Drinking glucose/Electral which has sodium, potassium to deal with dehydration.

Given below is the forecast till the end of the month. Heat wave conditions will ameliorate in most parts of India except Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. Sadly heat will return to Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal and parts of Andhra. The temporary healing effects of ROANU will wear off by then.

Interestingly along with western India temperature has dramatically dropped in Muscat too. It had been hovering in the upper 40s during the last few days. Today it dropped to 41 degrees centigrade. The temperature will not go to the highs of the past few days. It will hover around 40 degrees centigrade.

Heat wave warning issued by the Indian Met for today.