Temperature may dip to 11 degrees Celsius by Thursday
Piyush Tripathi | TNN | Updated: Dec 2, 2018, 07:25 IST
The minimum temperature in the city and most other places in the state is being recorded below 15 degrees Celsius.PATNA: Wintry conditions are gradually setting in as the minimum temperature in the city and most other places in the state is being recorded below 15 degrees Celsius.
The Patna Meteorological Centre has predicted that the morning minimum is likely to plunge to 11 degrees C in Patna by next Thursday. Weather experts have attributed the expected dip in mercury column to western disturbances approaching the Himalayan region in north India.
Western disturbances are low-pressure areas or extra-tropical storms originating from the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Caspian Sea, which cause winter snowfall or rainfall in the northwest Indian subcontinent. Snowfall in the Himalayan region is normally followed by a plunge in temperature in the northern Gangetic plains.
“A fresh western disturbance is likely to move across the higher reaches of the western Himalayan region on December 3 and 4. Another one may affect the region from December 5,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated in its all-India weather bulletin on Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature on Saturday was recorded at 14.4 degrees C, which was still two notches above normal. The lowest minimum temperature in the state, on the other hand, was recorded at 10.5 degrees C at Sabour in Bhagalpur. Gaya in south Bihar also witnessed a cold morning on Saturday as the minimum temperature was recorded at 11.3 degrees C.
Apart from a drop in temperature, foggy weather conditions are likely to set in the region in the coming weeks.
According to Patna Meteorological Centre officials, although mist is being formed in the early morning hours, conditions are not conducive for formation of fog in the region, as of now.
“High moisture content and calm winds are two preconditions for formation of fog. However, neither moisture is at the required higher level nor is the wind stable. Dry westerly wind is blowing at an average speed of around 9-12kmph during day time,” said an official at the local Met office.
The Patna Meteorological Centre has predicted that the morning minimum is likely to plunge to 11 degrees C in Patna by next Thursday. Weather experts have attributed the expected dip in mercury column to western disturbances approaching the Himalayan region in north India.
Western disturbances are low-pressure areas or extra-tropical storms originating from the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Caspian Sea, which cause winter snowfall or rainfall in the northwest Indian subcontinent. Snowfall in the Himalayan region is normally followed by a plunge in temperature in the northern Gangetic plains.
“A fresh western disturbance is likely to move across the higher reaches of the western Himalayan region on December 3 and 4. Another one may affect the region from December 5,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated in its all-India weather bulletin on Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature on Saturday was recorded at 14.4 degrees C, which was still two notches above normal. The lowest minimum temperature in the state, on the other hand, was recorded at 10.5 degrees C at Sabour in Bhagalpur. Gaya in south Bihar also witnessed a cold morning on Saturday as the minimum temperature was recorded at 11.3 degrees C.
Apart from a drop in temperature, foggy weather conditions are likely to set in the region in the coming weeks.
According to Patna Meteorological Centre officials, although mist is being formed in the early morning hours, conditions are not conducive for formation of fog in the region, as of now.
“High moisture content and calm winds are two preconditions for formation of fog. However, neither moisture is at the required higher level nor is the wind stable. Dry westerly wind is blowing at an average speed of around 9-12kmph during day time,” said an official at the local Met office.
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