Chill to set in this weekend
TNN | Updated: Nov 23, 2018, 07:04 IST
Representative imagePUNE: The chill is expected to be back in the city this weekend.
The minimum temperature, hovering around four degrees higher than normal for the past few days, would start dipping from Friday. An India Meteorological Department (IMD) weather forecast indicated it.
The minimum temperature in the city started climbing across the state because of cloudy skies and intermittent rains. A Met official said Maharashtra was now expected to remain dry, prompting a fall in the night temperature.
On Thursday, the minimum temperature in Shivajinagar was 18.2°C, around 4.8 degrees above normal. Lohegaon recorded a minimum temperature of 19.6°C, about 5.6 degrees above normal.
On Wednesday, a similar picture existed in Pune. The minimum temperature at Shivajinagar was 18.1°C and that in Lohegaon was 19.3°C.
From Friday, the city is likely to see clear skies, which would pull the minimum temperature down to 16°C first, and then to 15°C.
A source in Skymet Weather Services on Thursday said the weather in Maharashtra was likely to become dry once again after 24 hours. He said the night temperature in many parts of the state had already dipped by 1-2°C. In the next 24 hours, the Skymet Weather Services forecast a marginal dip in minimum temperature over Vidarbha, Marathwada and parts of Madhya Maharashtra.
Unseasonal rain had lashed the city and surrounding regions, including central and north Maharashtra and Marathwada, from late on Monday night to Tuesday morning, affecting agriculture operations and standing crops. The rain also caused a drop in the maximum temperature and a spike in the minimum temperature was recorded in the city.
The Sangli district administration feared the grape-growing farmers might suffer heavy losses because of the showers. As per initial assessment, officials said grapes growing on 200 hectares might have been damaged.
Other agricultural operations like cane cutting and jaggery processing also came to a standstill. Grapevines in north Maharashtra also bore the brunt of two consecutive days of rainfall, cloudy skies and a sudden drop in temperature. Talukas like Niphad, Dindori, Nandgao and Sinnar in Nashik district — known as the grape belt — received rain on Tuesday. Several other places in the state reported some damage to the standing crops.
The minimum temperature, hovering around four degrees higher than normal for the past few days, would start dipping from Friday. An India Meteorological Department (IMD) weather forecast indicated it.
The minimum temperature in the city started climbing across the state because of cloudy skies and intermittent rains. A Met official said Maharashtra was now expected to remain dry, prompting a fall in the night temperature.
On Thursday, the minimum temperature in Shivajinagar was 18.2°C, around 4.8 degrees above normal. Lohegaon recorded a minimum temperature of 19.6°C, about 5.6 degrees above normal.
On Wednesday, a similar picture existed in Pune. The minimum temperature at Shivajinagar was 18.1°C and that in Lohegaon was 19.3°C.
From Friday, the city is likely to see clear skies, which would pull the minimum temperature down to 16°C first, and then to 15°C.
A source in Skymet Weather Services on Thursday said the weather in Maharashtra was likely to become dry once again after 24 hours. He said the night temperature in many parts of the state had already dipped by 1-2°C. In the next 24 hours, the Skymet Weather Services forecast a marginal dip in minimum temperature over Vidarbha, Marathwada and parts of Madhya Maharashtra.
Unseasonal rain had lashed the city and surrounding regions, including central and north Maharashtra and Marathwada, from late on Monday night to Tuesday morning, affecting agriculture operations and standing crops. The rain also caused a drop in the maximum temperature and a spike in the minimum temperature was recorded in the city.
The Sangli district administration feared the grape-growing farmers might suffer heavy losses because of the showers. As per initial assessment, officials said grapes growing on 200 hectares might have been damaged.
Other agricultural operations like cane cutting and jaggery processing also came to a standstill. Grapevines in north Maharashtra also bore the brunt of two consecutive days of rainfall, cloudy skies and a sudden drop in temperature. Talukas like Niphad, Dindori, Nandgao and Sinnar in Nashik district — known as the grape belt — received rain on Tuesday. Several other places in the state reported some damage to the standing crops.
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