Pack away your winter wear and reach out for your brolly – summer is here.
As the first day of March opens up with strong sunshine recording a history of slowly but steadily raising temperatures, days ahead are bound get warmer, hotter.
You may have sighed and missed the cold winter mornings of December and January, but now they are well and truly behind us. And today's hot, muggy weather is set to stay well into June.
What began with a balmy 32 degrees only ten days ago, has today transformed into 37 degrees. And the infamous ides of March will only have the sun searing further.
“March will witness a steady rise in day as well as night time temperatures. This month end will probably see the temperature going up to as much as 41 degrees,” weather officials said.
On one hand, rising heat has been putting the city's afternoon people off the otherwise active streets.
Holidays
But on the brighter side, it is that time when camping holidays and trips are most appealing.
It is also bright days ahead for dealers of consumer durables with imminent sizzle in sale of water purifiers, refrigerators and air conditioners this season, akin to years in the past.
The soaring coconut water prices that have reached Rs.15 and the cheaper alternatives of the mint ( pudina ) water already finding a prominent place on most streets too spell the coming in of summer. The obvious problem this heat may cause has its solution in face masks, sunscreens and cottons.
But few precautions can avoid the hour-long power cuts and relentless water woes, especially those of the underserved, that the dry season will bring along.
