Chennai: After alerting the state about the heatwave fryer, Regional Meteorological Department (RMC) on Friday said the city is off the threat and cautioned the interior districts over the abnormal temperature wave.
Sea breeze in the latter part of Friday acted as a rescue mechanism for Chennaiites panicked by the alert message. The city recorded the maximum at 37.2 degree C.
“I skipped my work and stayed indoors as the messages on social media about heat wave were scary,” said a sales executive, V. Raja. Dharmapuri recorded the maximum temperature of 40.8 degree C with Salem witnessing 40.6 degree C.
Attributing the appreciably above normal temperature to southwesterly winds, Director of Research section at Regional Meteorological Centre, S. Balachandran, said the cloudless condition had escalated the maximum temperature indicating a temperature wave.
Weather blogger S. Bhaskaran said slight showers would cool the atmosphere. “Mild rains were experienced during April last year. As it is absent now, heat is being felt,” he added.
District collectorates had issued a warning to residents and introduced preventive measures such as providing buttermilk. Deputy director of health services, Tiruvallur, Krishnamurthy told DC the department is providing Oral Rehydration Solution(ORS) to all healthcare centres.
