Sunday, 03 April | PNS | Roorkee
The temperature in Uttarakhand and other parts of north India has registered a steady rise since the middle of March. Compared to the corresponding period in the previous year, the average temperatures are higher this year. Apart from this, the pre-monsoon activities generally experienced at this time are missing this year. The state is forecast to experience dry weather till April 10.
Since March 15 there has been a rise in temperature in the state. Various parts of the state experienced temperatures about four to five degrees Celsius above average in the period from March 15 to 30.
Water Resource Development and Management head of department, nodal officer of Gramin Krishi Monsoon Sewa Project at IIT Roorkee, Ashish Pandey said that generally pre-monsoon activities are observed during March, April and May but these have not been witnessed in the state so far. Pre- monsoon activities decrease the temperature by about eight to 10 degrees Celsius though it returns back to the earlier level in three to four days. Around March 24 an anticyclone was observed in Arabian Sea due to which winds passed through Rajasthan, Gujarat and western Madhya Pradesh decreasing the temperature by a few degrees. An anti- cyclone was observed upwards from its previous level on March 26-27, producing hot waves passing through Balochistan, central Pakistan and Thar desert which increased the temperature in Delhi, Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat regions.
Technical officer atAgromet Field Unit in IIT Roorkee Arvind Srivastava said that the wheat crop would have been affected had the temperature risen during February. Although ups and downs in the temperature don’t affect the ripe crops, pre-monsoon activities like dust storms, thundershower and hail can severely damage the wheat crop during April.
According to the weather forecast the weather in the state is expected to be dry till April 10.
