Increase in day and night temperatures provided relief from the intense cold conditions in the past two days. Weather conditions would remain same for the next 2-3 days and would witness steep decrease in the temperature.
City witnessed day temperature at 28.8 degree Celsius which was 4 degree Celsius above normal temperature while the night temperature was witnessed at 9.8 degree Celsius which was recorded without any deviation.
Met department officials claimed that the moisture incursion from Arabian Sea, formation of anti upper air cyclonic circulation over Maharashtra and change in the wind direction from northerly to north-easterly has induced the changes in the past two days and the weather conditions would remain same in the next 2-3 days and with the start of the new month the temperatures would witness steep decrease in the temperatures making weather conditions cold. In the past two days the day temperatures which were witnessed around 20 degree Celsius were recorded above 30 degree Celsius on Monday. Activities of Western Disturbance over northern Pakistan and Jammu Kashmir had stopped the northerly winds leading to the increase in the day temperature.
Few regions are still witnessing cold conditions and are likely to witness cold wave conditions, frost and fog in the next 24 hours.
In the absence of cold winds intensity of the sun shine was witnessed and gradual increase of day temperature from 23 degree Celsius to 28.8 degree Celsius was witnessed in the past three days. On Saturday day temperature was recorded at 23 degree Celsius which increased to 26.5 degree Celsius on Sunday and Monday was the hottest day as the day temperature was recorded at 28.8 degree Celsius.