Winter wanes, mercury to climb higher in city for next few days

Kolkata: The temperature in the city may go up further in the next three days, predicted the Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore.

The Met office said on Tuesday that the mercury, which has already been soaring in all the South Bengal districts, will continue to do so in the next couple of days. The cold wave condition, which was prevailing in South Bengal for the past two weeks, has improved.

The situation is under control in most of the districts in South Bengal. The lowest temperature in the city on Tuesday rose to 13.8 degree Celsius, while the highest temperature of the day remained at 27.8 degree Celsius, which is three degrees above normal.

For the past three days, the temperature was hovering over 12 degree Celsius. The temperature is expected to marginally rise in the next three days.

The temperature had started dipping in the city and its adjoining districts before Christmas. The temperature went down to 11.5 degree Celsius on December 27.

The weather office, however, has not clearly mentioned if the winter chill is going to go away from the city completely. According to a weather official, the occasional rise and fall in the temperature is quite common during this period.

The people in North Bengal districts, however, continue to feel a cold shiver as the temperature in some places remained below 10 degree Celsius.

A senior weather official on Tuesday said that a cold wave condition is still prevailing in North Bengal districts and the situation will continue in the next few days. People in South Bengal districts will, however, get some respite from the cold wave condition, during which the city witnessed the temperature drop to nearly 10 degree Celsius.

Meanwhile, it may be mentioned that the tropical cyclone 'Pabuk' that had hit Andaman Sea two days ago after originating over the Gulf of Thailand, has turned into a low pressure zone in the region, bringing some more rainfall in Andaman Island.