Pune To Have Cloudy Weather, IMD Predicts Rain In Maharashtra Till Saturday

Manasi Saraf Joshi

Pune, 6th May 2021: The city and the state will experience the rains yet again for this entire week. Although the low-pressure belt formed over Western Vidharbha to Kerala has dissolved, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rain over Konkan Goa, central Maharashtra, Vidarbha and Marathwada.

According to IMD, the month of May is called the pre-monsoon period and rain during this period is considered normal. Specific heat of soil is lower compared to water. The land is heated more than the adjacent seas. High pressure occurs over the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, the low-pressure area over the land region. This low is called ‘heat low’ and is very shallow in the vertical. This low-pressure area is different from that formed in the monsoon season. Lightning, thunderstorms, strong winds, hail storms are typical weather features this month.

Rain, thunderstorm and hail storms

The IMD has predicted rain across Konkon Goa, central Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha till May 9. There will be thunderstorms along with gusty wind and lightning at the isolated places in these regions.

Meanwhile, there has been a slight rise in the temperature in Konkan and Goa region while in the rest of the State the maximum temperature was near the average mean temperature.

The highest maximum temperature was recorded at Akola which was 42.8 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature was recorded at Mahabaleshwar which was 17.0 degree Celsius.

Pune Temperature

Wednesday saw clear skies throughout the day. The maximum temperature recorded was 38.3 degree Celsius while the minimum was 21.5 degree Celsius.

However, on Thursday onwards the city will experience cloudy weather with rain at isolated places by afternoon or evening. The maximum temperature will hover over 37 to 39 degree Celsius while the minimum would be between 19 to 21 degree Celsius.