She attributed this pattern of winds to the high daytime temperatures experienced lately. On Sunday, the maximum temperatures in the city were as high as 32.1 degrees Celsius in Colaba and 34.5 degree in Santacruz.

Pointing out that despite the rise in day temperature, the minimum temperatures have managed to remain below normal in the suburbs, Sathi Devi said, “The standard normal temperature for winter is between 16 and 17 degrees Celsius. The suburbs on Sunday reported 16.2 degrees which is not so bad.” She added that winter comes in spells throughout the country — while in northern and central India the weather changes according to ‘western disturbances', in Western India, it relies on 'wind patterns’. In Maharashtra and Konkan regions, the proximity of the sea has a great influence on the weather, she added.