The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert with a warning of a heatwave in north Konkan, Thane, Mumbai and Raigad for today.
Warm conditions persisted in Mumbai on Monday with the IMD’s Santacruz observatory recording a maximum temperature of 38.6 degree, while the Colaba one recorded a maximum temperature of 37.6 degrees.
Similarly, IMD’s Santacruz observatory on Sunday recorded a minimum temperature of 22.4 degrees Celsius while the Colaba one recorded a minimum temperature of 23.4 degrees Celsius.
On Sunday, the minimum temperature in Mumbai was 22.5 degrees, a degree above normal.
IMD in its district wise forecast has stated that severe heat wave conditions may continue will continue till March 15 in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and weather conditions may normalise from March 17 onwards.
