NEW DELHI: India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday predicted a gradual rise in maximum (day) temperature by 2-4 degrees Celsius over most parts of the country during the next three to four days. Many places in northwest India may, however, face the highest rise of up to 5 degrees Celsius during the next four days, shows IMD’s temperature forecast.
“Gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-4 degrees Celsius is likely over central India and interior Maharashtra during next four to five days,” said IMD.
For Gujarat, the Met department predicted a gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3 degrees Celsius during the next three days and then fall by about 2-3 degrees Celsius thereafter. It also underlined “hot and humid weather conditions” in isolated pockets over coastal areas of Gujarat till March 25.
Meanwhile, World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on world meteorological day on Sunday appealed to all UN member countries to work for filling up gaps in early warning across the globe.
WMO, which marked the 75th anniversary of the UN specialised agency, observed on the occasion that while “forecasting capabilities have advanced significantly, gaps remain in observation networks, forecasting accuracy, and access to high-quality climate and hydrological data”.
“The theme of this year’s world meteorological day – closing the early warning gap together – reminds us that, in this new climate reality, early warning systems are not luxuries. They are necessities and sound investments – providing an almost ten-fold return,” said UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres in his message on the occasion.
WMO recently confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record and ocean warming and sea level rise is accelerating. Besides, it observed that glacier retreat and melting ice threaten long-term changes and this is accompanied by more extreme weather events such as rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones, devastating rainfall, storm surges, flooding, deadly droughts, and wildfires.
