Thunderstorms to continue in State this week, mercury also to rise

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With temperatures steadily rising successful  Vijayawada, the Traffic Police helping  of the Vijayawada Police has begun installing impermanent  greenish  shadiness  nets astatine  cardinal  and engaged  postulation   junctions crossed  the city.

With temperatures steadily rising successful Vijayawada, the Traffic Police helping of the Vijayawada Police has begun installing impermanent greenish shadiness nets astatine cardinal and engaged postulation junctions crossed the city. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao

Thunderstorms and airy showers successful Andhra Pradesh are apt to proceed for different week and astatine the aforesaid time, maximum temperatures are besides apt to spot a gradual rise, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Amaravati.

Thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds touching 50 kmph are apt to prevail astatine isolated places successful coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Rayalaseema until March 26. Currently, each stations successful the State are signaling mean maximum temperatures, with nary deviations.

While the maximum temperatures hovered astir 38 degrees Celsius successful Rayalaseema successful this week, the temperatures successful the remaining parts of the State remained astir 35-37 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperatures are apt to emergence by 2 degrees Celsius, Senior Scientist, IMD-Amaravati, S. Karunasagar, said.

“There volition beryllium airy showers successful immoderate places, and determination whitethorn beryllium a emergence successful daytime temperatures successful immoderate different places successful the adjacent week,” Mr. Karunasagar said, adding that determination is thing antithetic astir the existent upwind signifier successful the State.

According to the IMD’s play forecast, the precocious aerial cyclonic circulation implicit South Interior Karnataka and neighbourhood persists, and is astatine 1.5 km supra mean oversea level. The trough from Gulf of Mannar to South Madhya Maharashtra, crossed Tamil Nadu and interior Karnataka, besides persists. Currently, little tropospheric South Easterly/South Westerly winds are prevailing implicit Andhra Pradesh and Yanam.

Meanwhile, anticipating aggravated vigor successful the coming days successful NTR territory and Vijayawada, the postulation and occurrence departments person arranged a canopy of greenish shades astatine large postulation junctions successful the metropolis connected an experimental basis. If determination is simply a bully feedback, the aforesaid would beryllium extended to junctions crossed the city, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP-Traffic) Shareen Begum.

Published - March 22, 2026 08:38 p.m. IST

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