Cold wave to persist for next few days, even as mercury goes up a notch

Kolkata: The temperature in the city went up slightly compared to Sunday but the cold wave condition will continue to prevail for the next few days, particularly in the Western districts of the state.

The Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore said that the temperature in the city may hover around 12 degree Celsius but the winter chill is not going away, at least for the next couple of days.

The temperature in the city on Sunday remained at 12 degree Celsius and rose to 12.2 degree Celsius on Monday. On Saturday the temperature had dropped as low as 10.6 degree Celsius.

The Met office predicted that the temperature may go up slightly but the cold wave condition will prevail in the city and in some other South Bengal districts. The cold wave may intensify in the districts like Purulia, Bankura, Birbhum, West Burdwan, East Burdwan and West Midnapore.

According to an official, western disturbances have been created near Kashmir but are yet to gain momentum as a result of which there will be no interruption in the flow of the northwesterly wind in the state. As a result of this, the cold wave condition may stay for a while in South Bengal.

The temperature in Kolkata may slightly go up, while it may slightly go down in the districts.

Due to prevalence of northwesterly winds which are dry and cool in nature, cold wave is continuing over Kolkata and its adjoining areas. With less humidity levels, the days are comfortable and nights are pleasant. It may be mentioned that during the month of December, Kolkata sees a large variation in winds in terms of both direction and speed.

According to the weather office, North Bengal districts will continue to witness the winter chill for quite some time. There is no possibility of snowfall in Darjeeling in the next 24 hours. On Monday Darjeeling recorded 1.2 degree Celsius, with Siliguri at 4.8, Jalpaiguri at 6.6, Purulia at 7.4, Panagarh at 8.1 and Digha at 9.9 degrees.