Due to the anticyclone system in Maharashtra, as an impact, Mumbai City is expected to receive strong easterly winds. Shri Nitha Sasidharan, a scientist from IMD Mumbai, said that currently, a system of anticyclones is gradually setting in the Maharashtra region.

Due to this system, the city is expected to receive strong easterly winds from the interior parts of the country. Since these easterlies are strong, they will delay the westerly winds, which is the sea breeze, from setting in. This is expected to result in temperatures spiking over 4 – 5 degrees above the normal.

Indian Metrological Department, Mumbai has predicted the temperature to soar above 38 degrees from March 9 to March 10 in isolated pockets of Mumbai and neighbouring districts of Thane and Raigad.

IMD on Thursday issued a heatwave warning in isolated pockets of Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Thane and Raigad on March 9 and 10. This is the second time in the last two weeks that the IMD has issued a heatwave alert in the city.