Nashik: North Maharashtra continued to reel under heatwave-like condition on Wednesday even as the maximum temperature in Nashik came down by a degree.The mercury hovered around 42 degrees celsius at places like Jalgaon, Malegaon, Manmad, Ahmednagar and Dhule, with Jalgaon being the hottest in region at 42.6 degrees celsius.The city recorded a maximum of 38.8 degrees celsius on Wednesday but it is expected to increase in the coming days.Some distant places around Nashik, like Adgaon and Pimpalgaon Baswant, received light rain on Tuesday, but no significant rainfall activity was witnessed on Wednesday.The sky remained party cloudy throughout the day but could not bring much respite from the sweltering heat. Winds blowing at 28 kmph, however, brought a bit of comfort for Nashikites.“Wednesday was more comfortable as compared to Tuesday in Nashik city in terms of humidity. The weather is expected to remain dry till Thursday. The heatwave like condition is going to prevail, with Nashik’s temperature going above 40 degrees celsius,” said R B Mankar, a senior official at IMD’s Nashik weather observatory.He said that locations like Malegaon, Jalgaon and Nandurbar may witness harsh summer in the next few days.Private weather forecast website Skymet has also forecast heatwave-like condition over parts of north and central Maharashtra.“Westerly and northwesterly hot winds are blowing over Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, leading to further increase in the temperatures. Hence, we can say that isolated pockets of Rajasthan, Gujarat and madhya Maharashtra will experience heatwave-like conditions while others will continue to scorch with above normal maximum temperatures,” says the notification on Skymet.

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