South Bengal to witness soaring temperatures from Monday

Kolkata: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore on Saturday said that mercury in Kolkata and south Ben-gal districts may drop by a few notches on Sunday while the temperature will again start soaring up from Monday. Most of the districts in south and north Bengal will witness light to moderate fog in the early morning hours.

The city dwellers may miss the winter chill in the next week as well. A fresh western disturbance will enter the country on January 22 which will interrupt the free flow of the cold north wind.

Kolkata on Saturday morning registered the minimum temperature at 15.2 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature in Kolkata will hover at around 14 degrees Celsius in the next 48 hours, said the MeT of-fice. The highest temperature in Kolkata on Friday stood at 24.5 degrees Celsius. There is no prediction of rain in the next couple of days.

The weather office also said the temperature in north Bengal will remain mostly unchanged in the next 4-5 days.

In some places, however, the visibility may drop to 200 metres due to dense fog.

The districts like Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur will witness dense fog in the morning in the next

48 hours. A winter chill that is usually familiar with the holy dip in Gangasagar Mela had remained missing in south Bengal districts due to the impact of a western disturbance.

“There will be a slight drop in the temperature in the next 24 hours. After that, it may again go up by a few notches. Dense fog is likely to prevail in several Bengal districts as well. The weather may remain mostly dry in the next couple of days. The winter chill may be missing in the next week as well,” a senior weather official said.