The minimum temperature dropped to 1°C in Amritsar on Tuesday morning, six notches below normal while, Narnaul recorded 4°C, five degrees below normal. In Central India Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur observed minimums recording 21°C to 6°C below normal.
Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna and Ranchi also recorded single digit minimums on Tuesday morning. Night temperatures in West Bengal settled about 5°C below normal at many places. Kolkata and Coochbehar recorded 13°C and 8.4°C as the minimum temperatures respectively.
According to our meteorologists, night temperatures may sustain for another 24 to 48 hours before another Western Disturbance over the Western Himalayan region approaches to affect changes in the region. Interestingly the day temperatures over Central and East India as well as northwest plains would continue to remain below or near normal during the period, extending the pleasant daytime weather for another two to three days. Dry weather conditions may now extend towards the northeast region where rain is expected to reduce in next 24 hours.
The northeasterly winds in South India are increasing the chances of rain. Isolated places could witness some showers during the next two days. Chances of rain in Kerala is high as there is a possibility of formation of an offshore trough (region of intensified moist winds) along its coast during the next two days.
Meanwhile, day temperatures in some of the places in South India are now recording in the higher thirties. Maximum temperature recorded in Madurai was 36°C while it jumped to 37.2°C at Salem on Monday. Day temperatures of around 30°C in coastal areas are much more comfortable than the interiors in Tamil Nadu. Day temperatures in Andhra Pradesh too has dropped to settle in the early thirties due to rain and cloud cover caused by moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal.