Mumbai, March 11 -- After a week of intense heat that included one severe heatwave day, the city got some respite on Wednesday as daytime temperatures dropped by around 6degC following the weakening of an anticyclonic circulation over the Arabian Sea, officials from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The IMD recorded a maximum temperature of 34.2degC at Santacruz, the city's base observatory, which was 1.8degC above normal. At Colaba, the maximum temperature stood at 34degC, 2.9degC above normal. Minimum temperatures also remained elevated. South Mumbai recorded a minimum of 24.4degC (2.2degC above normal), while the suburbs saw 23degC (2.9degC above normal). "For the last two days, we had a strong anticyclonic circulation which brought strong onshore easterlies over Mumbai. This delayed the sea breeze leading to the spike in temperatures," said Sushma Nair, senior scientist, IMD. "The system has now weakened and shifted slightly from its earlier position over south Gujarat, allowing the sea breeze to set in earlier."...