AHMEDABAD: This sizzling April continued to torment Amdavadis on Friday, the third consecutive day that the city recorded a maximum temperature higher than 44 degrees celsius. On Wednesday, the maximum was 44.2 degrees, on Thursday it was 44.4 degrees and on Friday, it was 44.2 degrees. There’s no respite ahead, as the maximum temperature on Saturday is likely to be in the 44-45 degrees range.
Gandhinagar, Kheda, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli and Kutch also witnessed heatwave conditions. The heatwave is likely to continue in these districts on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast. ‘No large change in maximum temperatures during next 3-4 days; thereafter, a fall of 2-3 degrees celsius during the subsequent two days very likely,’ the forecast said.
