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Due to the gusty wind, Bengaluru is experiencing a wind-chill effect, wherein as the wind speed increases, body temperature tends to cool at a faster rate.
BENGALURU: The city has been witnessing strong wind and gloomy weather for nearly a week now, while districts in coastal Karnataka are seeing heavy to very heavy rainfall. Sixteen of the 19 Indian Meteorological Department stations in the state recorded heavy rain on Tuesday.
Owing to a trough lying over the eastern Arabian Sea, coastal parts of the state and a few districts in south-interior Karnataka are expected to experience widespread rainfall, while Bengaluru may receive light to moderate showers over the next two days.
CS Patil, director of IMD, said, “Bengaluru and other interior parts of the state are currently under the rain shadow area. The city will get moderate to heavy rainfall in September and October. Depending on the systems, it could occur earlier as well.”
A rain shadow area refers to the leeward side of a mountain area causing the weather system to block rainfall and allowing only dry wind to get through.
“Strong wind is coming from Arabian Sea but the moisture isn’t reaching interior parts of the state. Hence, the city is witnessing only strong wind,” Patil added. The average windspeed has been 30 kmph in the past week. Patil mentioned that after Thursday, the intensity of monsoon is likely to decrease over the state temporarily. While the normal annual rainfall for Bengaluru city is 98m, it ets around 80cm during monsoon.
He added: “The city has seen a significant dip in mercury in the past week.” The average maximum and minimum temperatures in the city were 29 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Due to the gusty wind, Bengaluru is experiencing a wind-chill effect, wherein as the wind speed increases, body temperature tends to cool at a faster rate.
Source:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/light-rain-likely-in-bengaluru-over-next-two-days/articleshow/83562649.cms