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Winter is likely to elude the city with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stating that the temperatures are slated to rise over the course of the next couple of days, after recording a small dip in the mercury levels last week. Amid the maximum temperatures oscillating between 31 and 33 degrees Celsius, meteorologists said that maximum temperatures are unlikely to drop in the ongoing week.
Sunil Kamble, director of IMD, Mumbai, told The Indian Express, “After 2 or 3 days, Mumbai is slated to experience a rise in the temperatures. This is owing to the fact that the systems are not bringing in strong northerlies. Besides this, even the western disturbances are not being felt.”
According to meteorologists, the city starts experiencing winter-like conditions after the maximum temperatures start dropping. Kamble said, “Currently, there is no weather system which indicates that the maximum temperatures will drop this week.” On Sunday, the IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 33 degrees, clocking a departure of one degrees above normal.
Meanwhile, a marginal drop in the minimum temperatures was observed last week owing to the influx of northerly winds, as per experts. Data furnished by the IMD Mumbai officials showed that the minimum temperatures in Santacruz touched 21, registering a departure of three degrees below normal while the Colaba station recorded 22 degrees, which is a drop of two degrees below the stipulated norm.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Mahesh Palawat from Skymet Weather Services said, “The temperatures are expected to rise as there is a trough in the north-east Arabian Sea bringing in South easterly winds which are warm. Once they shift and the northerlies set in, the temperatures will drop.”
As per IMD officials, winter sets in the megapolis typically after December 15, with the minimum temperature dipping below 20 degrees Celsius. However, last year, citizens found themselves grappling with high temperatures hovering around 35 degrees Celsius even until the last week of December.
On the question of the delayed arrival of winter, Palawat said, “Like last year, December has been particularly warm and with temperatures soaring in March, winter is becoming short-lived. One of the factors resulting in this change could be climate change which is impacting the frequency of western disturbances.”
For the record, this year, the season’s first drop was below 20 degrees Celsius. However, the temperatures escalated soon after, owing to the Cyclone Michaung brewing in the Bay of Bengal.
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