Slowly and steadily mercury has dipped to chilling levels as night temperature was recorded at 7 degree Celsius in Nowgong marking the advent of intense cold conditions in the region.
State capital recorded night temperature at 10.5 degree Celsius which was for the first time in the season that mercury dipped to around 10 degree Celsius. The day temperature was recorded with slight increase at 26.3 degree Celsius.
The change in wind direction made the change more prominent in the past 24 hours, northerly winds dipped mercury by few notches making cold conditions intense.
Except very few areas night temperatures were recorded in the range of 10-13 degree Celsius. The regions with low night temperatures were Umaria recorded 7.9 degree Celsius,
Datia 8.2 degree Celsius, Gwalior 8.7 degree Celsius, Raisen 8.5 degree Celsius, Shajapur 9.8 degree Celsius, Jabalpur, Khajuraho, Rewa, Satna and Sidhi recorded 9 degree Celsius.
Met department told that low pressure area over Bay of Bengal would intensify into cyclonic storm, Western Disturbance is likely to induce isolated heavy rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh regions around after three days.
In the state day temperatures are still around 30 degree Celsius at several places and in the next 3-4 days dip would be witnessed which would be significant. The weather conditions are likely to remain dry for the next 5-6 days under the prevailing weather conditions.