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Cold conditions continue unabated in Himachal Pradesh
Biting cold persisted in most parts of Himachal Pradesh even as the state witnessed a dry and sunny day and day temperatures rose marginally. The high-altitude tribal areas groaned under biting cold wave conditions with minimum temperatures ranging between minus 13 degrees Celsius and minus 20 degrees Celsius. Keylong and Kalpa in tribal Lahaul and Spiti, and Kinnaur registered a low of minus of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius and minus 3.4 degrees Celsius respectively. Bhuntar recorded a low of minus 1.5 degrees Celsius, followed by Sundernagar minus 0.9 degrees Celsius, Palampur 0.5 degrees Celsius, Solan 1 degree Celsius and Una 1.8 degrees Celsius. The mercury rose marginally to 2.4 degrees Celsius in Manali, while Dharamsala, Nahan and Shimla shivered at 4.8 degrees Celsius, 5 degrees Celsius degree and 5.5 degrees Celsius respectively. Day temperatures rose by two to three degrees and Una recorded the highest maximum temperature of 25.8 degrees Celsius, followed by ...
Cold wave conditions to continue in WB for two more days
The weatherman today forecast cold wave conditions for the next two days in West Bengal, where a biting cold continued to affect normal life. The Meteorological department said the day and night temperatures were likely to remain three to six notches below normal as the cold wave conditions were expected to hold on to its grip over the state, except in Kolkata. Coochbehar in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal recorded the lowest temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius in the state's plains, with neighbouring Jalpaiguri following closely behind at 5.9 degrees Celsius. In the Gangetic plains, Krishnagar in Nadia district was the coldest at 6 degrees Celsius, while Sriniketan in Birbhum recorded a low of 6.2 degrees Celsius, the Met department said. The night temperature in Kolkata rose slightly to 11 degrees Celsius from yesterday's 10.5 degrees Celsius. A biting cold, accompanied by a chilling north-westerly wind, affected normal life in the city in the morning as school-going kids and
Cold wave conditions in Rajasthan, Alwar shivers at 0.3 deg C
Cold wave conditions prevailed in vast swathes of Rajasthan with the minimum temperature dipping in many areas today. Bhilwara, Alwar, Churu, Sikar, Sriganganagar, Hanumangarh and Pilani districts reeled under cold wave, a MeT department official said. Alwar was the coldest place in the state with a minimum temperature of 0.3 degree Celsius, followed by 1.5 in Sikar, 2 each in hill station Mount Abu and Churu, and 2.2 in Sriganganagar. Pilani recorded a low of 3.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Bhilwara (4 degrees Celsius), Banasthali and Chittorgarh (5.1), Bikaner (6.4), Bundi (6.5), Dabok (6.8), Pilani (6.9), Jalore and Swai Madhopur (7), Kota and Ajmer (7.6), Jaisalmer (9.1) and Jodhpur (10.5). According to the MeT department, dense fog was witnessed in the morning hours in Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh. The maximum temperature was recorded between 19.2 and 26.7 degrees Celsius at most of the places. Cold waves situation will continue till Friday in Bhilwara, Alwar, ...
Intense cold wave sweeps Pb, Hry; Narnaul coldest at 0.2 deg C
Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh remained under the spell of intense cold, with Narnaul recording the lowest minimum temperature of 0.2 degrees Celsius. Minimum temperatures hovered between five degrees below normal to one notch below normal in most parts of Punjab and Haryana, the MeT office said here. While Adampur in Punjab settled at a low of 0.7 degrees Celsius, the minimum at Ambala was 2.3 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal. Among other places, Bathinda braved a low of 2.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal followed by Hisar at 2.5 degrees Celsius and Karnal 2.6 degrees Celsius four notches below normal. Amritsar in Punjab shivered at 1.2 degrees Celsius, which was two notches below normal. The minimum temperature in Chandigarh settled at 3.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Rohtak 3.7 degrees Celsius, Patiala 4.1 degrees Celsius, Bhiwani 4.8 degrees Celsius. There was no fog in the morning in the entire region which enjoyed a bright sun, the MeT said and
Agartala records season's lowest temperature
The mercury on Tuesday dropped to the season's lowest here at 6.3 degrees Celsius against the average temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, according to the Met Department.
Mercury dips to 4.2 degrees in Delhi
The national capital witnessed another cold morning with the mercury dipping to 4.2 degrees Celsius and high humidity levels reducing visibility to 400 metres. "The minimum temperature at 8.30 am was recorded at 4.2 degrees, three notches below normal, while the humidity was 100 per cent," a MeT official said. Fog affected the movement of trains headed towards north India. Visibility was lowered due to moderate fog in many parts of the city. At 8.30 am, the Palam station recorded a visibility of 400 metres, while it was 700 metres at Safdarjung, the official said. According to a railways official, 45 north-bound trains were running late while eight were rescheduled. Twenty two others were cancelled. The MeT office predicted a clear sky for the rest of the day. Maximum temperature is expected to settle around 19 degrees Celsius, it said. Yesterday, the maximum temperature in the city settled at 20.4 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was 5.7 degrees Celsius.
Cold Tuesday morning in Delhi, 22 trains cancelled
It was a cold and foggy morning here on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 4.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average, the weather office said.
Foggy conditions continue to affect flight, train services
Foggy conditions continue to wreak havoc in northern region as six flights and over 70 trains have been affected due to it, as per the latest reports received on Tuesday.Two arriving and six departing flights were delayed due to decreased visibility at Indira Gandhi International Airport here.Similarly, 45 trains arrived late, 22 were cancelled and four were rescheduled, according to Northern Railways.Northern India has been witnessing chilly weather for the last couple of days.The Haryana government on Sunday directed all government and private schools to remain closed till January 14 due to intense cold wave.After fresh snowfall in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh, the cold wave has intensified in the region.However, the air pollution in the national capital has decreased, with some places recording 'poor' while others witnessing 'moderate' air quality.
India's fastest supercomputer established at Pune's IITM
Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan today dedicated India's fastest and first "multi-petaflops" supercomputer to the nation here. Petaflops is a measure of a computer's processing speed. Christened "Pratyush", meaning the sun, the High Performance Computing (HPC) facility has been established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, and will be a national facility for improving weather and climate forecasts, an IITM release said. While inaugurating the facility, the minister said that it would be India's number one HPC facility in terms of peak capacity and performance. The IITM release added that the facility would help the country with better forecasts in terms of monsoon, extreme events, tsunamis, cyclones, earthquakes, air quality, lightning, fishing, hot and cold waves, flood and drought among others.
Winter chill continues to grip Bengal
The winter chill firmly held its clutch on Bengal as the cold weather continue to persist in Kolkata and other parts of the state on Monday.
Cold wave-like conditions to prevail through week: IMD (Weather Roundup)
Amid cold wave-like conditions in several regions of the country, especially the north and north-western regions, the Met on Monday forecast no change in minimum temperatures this week.
Purnea records minimum temperature of 1.2 degree Celsius
Purnea today recorded Bihar's lowest minimum temperature at 1.2 degree Celsius, eight notches below its normal minimum temperature while many other places in the state experienced cold wave conditions. Patna recorded a minimum temperature of 5.6 degree Celsius with the maximum at 17.8 degrees Celsius, the Met bulletin said. The minimum temperature at Bhagalpur was 3 degree Celsius which is nine notches below normal minimum while the maximum was recorded at 16.8 degree Celsius. Gaya recorded the minimum temperature at 4.1 degree Celsius while its maximum stood at 21.7 degree Celsius, it said. Chapra (Saran district), Forbesganj and Muzaffarpur witnessed severe cold day condition, the bulletin said. The Met department has forecast cold wave conditions in Bhagalpur and Purnea tomorrow.
Sydney records highest temperature in eight decades
The people of Sydney on Sunday suffered the city's highest-ever recorded temperature in the last eight decades.The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed on Monday that Penrith, a locality in the city, had reached the highest temperature on earth in the past 24 hours when it touched 47.3 degrees yesterday afternoon, reported the Sydney Morning Herald."It looks like it is the highest temperature recorded in the Sydney area in 80 years," said Jacob Cronje, a senior meteorologist with the Weatherzone.High temperatures, coupled with high humidity, made the day unpleasant for most people in the city. It was also reported that most of them, especially the elderly, needed medical attention after suffering massive sunstrokes.Cronje added that while record-breaking temperatures were unlikely in the next few weeks, he however, said that temperatures would breach the 40-degree mark for the next two to three days.The mercury failed to drop below 22 degrees overnight in Sydney, as humidity oscillated ...
Low pressure area over Bay, mild showers expected in TN
Days after the north east monsoon ended, a low pressure area formed over South West Bay of Bengal and is likely to bring rainfall in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the next two days, the Met office said today. Light to moderate showers can be expected at one or two places in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as the system moves westward, Director of Regional Meteorological Centre here S Balachandran said. "There is a chance for the low pressure area to weaken when it gets into the land area," he said. Strong winds with speed of 45-55 Kmph was expected in the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next two days and fishermen should be cautious while venturing into sea, he told reporters here. North east monsoon which brings most of Tamil Nadu's rains is active from October to December. On Tamil Nadu witnessing more chilly mornings during the past two days, he said it was due to northerly wind blowing over the state. Minimum temperature over south Tamil Nadu was one .
Cold conditions to persist in Bengal for next few days: MeT
With the north-westerly wind flowing unabated, biting cold conditions continued to affect normal life in West Bengal even as the Meteorological department today forecast that similar weather conditions would persist for the next few days. Cold wave conditions would prevail over parts of Sub- Himalayan West Bengal and Gangetic West Bengal for the next three days, the weatherman said. The maximum and minimum temperatures remained four to seven notches below normal at many places in the state. A dense fog, coupled with low temperatures, inconvenienced students as well as others who had to leave the comforts of their home early in the morning. Public transport vehicles were few and far between and even those available had to travel at slower speeds as the dense fog reduced visibility. Severe cold wave conditions prevailed over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal as Jalpaiguri recorded the lowest night temperature in the state's plains at 3.8 degrees Celsius at 5.30 am. Coochbehar ...
Bangladesh records lowest temperature in five decades
Bangladesh on Monday recorded the lowest temperature in five decades as mercury dipped to a chilling 2.6 degrees Celsius.
Cold wave continues in Punjab, Haryana; fog lessens
Cold wave conditions continued across Punjab and Haryana on Monday with some places recording near freezing temperatures.
Normally balmy Bangladesh shivers in record low temperatures
Temperatures in subtropical Bangladesh hit a 70-year-low today as authorities handed out tens of thousands of blankets to help the poor fight a record cold spell, officials said. The mercury plunged to a frigid 2.6 degrees Celsius (36.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Bangladesh, well below average in the low-lying riverine nation whose 160 million citizens are used to milder winters. "It is the lowest temperature since authorities started keeping records in 1948," Shamsuddin Ahmed, head of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told AFP. The previous low of 2.8 degrees was recorded in 1968, he added. Ahmed said Bangladesh was in the "grip of a severe cold wave", with temperatures dipping across all northern districts over the past few days. The coldest temperatures were recorded in the border town of Tetulia, about 400 kilometres north of the capital Dhaka. One local broadcaster reported that at least nine people had died from exposure, including six in one of ...
No let-up in cold wave, Narnaul and Adampur coldest
The cold wave sweeping most parts of Haryana and Punjab refused to abate today with Narnaul and Adampur reeling at respective minimum temperatures of 0.5 degrees and 0.7 degrees Celsius. The cold wave has intensified in the two states during the past two days with minimum temperature hovering in the range of 0.5 degrees to 4 degrees Celsius at most places. Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest place in the two states, a MeT Department official said here. Piercing cold also swept Hisar, which recorded a low of 3 degrees Celsius, down one notch against normal limit. Karnal (3.4 C), Sirsa (3.7 C), Bhiwani (4.5 C), Rohtak (4.8 C) and Ambala (5.6 C) also experienced a cold night. Amritsar in Punjab recorded a low of 3 degrees Celsius, down one notch against normal. Bathinda (3.6 C), Halwara (4.6 C), Pathankot (3.6 C), Gurdaspur (3.7 C), Faridkot (3.6 C), Ludhiana (5.7 C) and Patiala (6.7 C) were among other places in Punjab which reeled under biting cold as minimum temperature ...
Intensified cold conditions prevail in Kashmir
Bright sunshine provided slight relief to residents of Kashmir in the daytime but Kargil town continued to reel under intense cold conditions with the mercury staying six degrees below the freezing point The minimum temperature fell to a bone-chilling minus 18.5 degrees Celsius in Kargil town yesterday, an official of the MET department said today. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded its coldest night this winter at minus 6.1 degrees Celsius -- marginally down from minus 6 degrees Celsius recorded the previous night. Bright sunshine during the day, however, has come as a bit of relief for the residents as the maximum temperature yesterday settled at 10.2 degrees Celsius. While the night temperature in Qazigund, in south Kashmir, dipped to a low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, down from minus 4.6 degrees Celsius on the previous night, the neighbouring Kokernag town recorded a low of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, a marginal rise from yesterday's minus ...