Heatwave, thunderstorms to batter Telangana for next four days: IMD

Telangana will experience intense heat with temperatures up to 44°C, followed by evening thunderstorms and gusty winds over the next four days, the IMD said, warning of volatile weather conditions across most districts till April 22.

Hyderabad: It’s a double whammy of sorts, as people across Telangana are in for gruelling weather conditions for the next four days! According to an India Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad, forecast on Sunday, almost all the districts in Telangana will face scorching day time heat followed by sudden evening thunderstorms and gusty winds till Wednesday, April 22.

The IMD, Hyderabad has warned that maximum temperatures in most of the districts are expected to hover between 40 degree Celsius and 44 degree Celsius. The scorching heat of afternoons are expected to give way to more volatile conditions in the evening, triggering thundershowers and gusty winds of speeds ranging between 30 kmph and 40 kmph.

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The thunderstorm alert between Sunday and Wednesday covers several districts Adilabad, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Peddapalli, Karimnagar, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy, Mahabubnagar and Nagarkurnool.

According to forecasts from IMD, New Delhi and Hyderabad, due to extreme daytime temperatures of 40 degree Celsius to 44 degree Celsius, the hot air rises rapidly and forms massive cumulonimbus (thunder clouds) clouds by evening. When the rising heat meets moisture laden winds blowing from Bay of Bengal, it triggers thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds.