Temperatures will top 110 degrees across parts of India this week. Highpressure will keep moisture south and cool air north.Day after day of building heat across India will yield the hottesttemperatures felt so far this year across the Asian Continent. High pressurewill keep monsoonal moisture suppressed in the Indian Ocean. It will alsodeflect cooler air masses to the north in central Asia.
India experiences its hottest weather of the year just before monsoonalrains kick in. The monsoon usually develops in the latter half of May, so heatthis extreme now is unusual. The pattern looks to hold sway right into nextweekend.
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