UditVani, Jamshedpur: Brace up to face the heat during Holi, the festival of colours, this year.
The sudden spurt in maximum temperature prompted the Met department to issue a heat wave alert in Jharkhand for the next 72 hours.
Holi would be celebrated in Jharkhand tomorrow, Friday.
IMD’s Ranchi Meteorological Centre issued a heat wave alert in isolated places over south eastern parts of the state alongwith Garhwa and Palamu district in the next two days.
According to the forecast, heatwave condition is also expected to prevail in northwest parts of the state around Sunday, March 16.
A heat wave condition is declared when the day temperature goes up five degree Celsius above the normal.
The maximum temperature in Jamshedpur and Daltonganj has touched 39 degree Celsius, five to six notches above the normal.
Ine Bokaro the day temperature has touched the 38 degree Celsius mark, 5.6 noches above normal.
The maximum temperature has reached 37 degree Celsius in Godda, Pakur and several other places.
Weatherman said Loo, hot and dry wind which blows in the plains during this time of the season might also prevail at a few isolated places in southern Jharkhand after the next 24 hours.
Thus, Holi is expected to be unusually warm in several parts of Jharkhand.
The Met Centre also issued an appeal asking people to take precautionary measures for preventing heat stroke.
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