LUCKNOW, May 24 -- The westerly winds that are scorching West UP are on their way to Central UP and Lucknow in a couple of days, indicating that there will not be any respite despite the past three consecutive days of a drop in temperature, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday.

Met department's Lucknow in-charge, Mohd Danish, informed that the morning and night temperatures will both rise by a few degrees in the coming days, which is the reason for the yellow, orange, and red alerts that have been issued by the IMD, all the way up to May 26.

The maximum temperature in Lucknow on Thursday was 37.4 degrees Celsius, while May 22 saw 39.3 degrees, and 39 degrees on May 21. The temperature started dropping from 41.2 de...