India will launch its own heat index next year to quantify the impact of
heat on its population and generate impact-based heatwave alerts for
specific locations.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) began issuing an experimental heat
index for different parts of the country last week, taking into account
air temperature and relative humidity to determine how hot it really
feels.
Talking to Akashvani News, IMD DG, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that along
with temperature and humidity, it will integrate other parameters such
as wind and duration of exposure.
It will be an effective indicator of heat stress for people. The IMD
chief said the hazard score will be ready in around two months and it
will be operational in the next summer season.
Meanwhile, a layer of shallow fog was witnessed in different parts of
the national capital Delhi this morning due to which the visibility was
impacted.
Yesterday, the City experienced heavy rainfall and around 21 millimeter rainfall was recorded in the last 24 hours.
Yesterday, the maximum temperature was recorded 30.6 degree Celsius,
nine notches below normal while the minimum settled at 20.1 degree
Celsius , five degree below normal.
For today, the MeT Department has forecast partly cloudy sky with
drizzle at few places and the maximum and minimum temperature are likely
to hover around 32 and 17 degree Celsius.
SOURCE ; AIR NEWS
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