Jaipur: Partially cloudy conditions guided the mercury to take a dip across the state on Saturday. A few places in the state also received mild showers. However, Met office said that from Sunday mainly clear sky would be witnessed and mercury is likely to take a dip further. Fatehpur remained coldest in the state where a minimum temperature of 15.4 degrees Celsius was recorded, the Met reports said.
Attributing the dip in the mercury and cloudy conditionsto the active western disturbances, Met office said that with the revival of northerly winds mercury is going to take a dip further.“By Monday, an average dip of almost 4 degrees Celsius is expected. Places including Fatehpur, Sikar, Sangaria, Phalodi and Sirohi are likely to record minimum temperature at or below 15 degrees Celsius,” said an officer with Met office, Jaipur.
People in Jaipur woke up amid cloudy conditions and a minimum temperature of 20.4 degrees Celsius. Cloudy conditions prevailed till afternoon but later in the evening the cloud cover vanished. “In the coming days, mainly clear sky would be witnessed in Jaipur,” said the officer.
By the first week of November, majority of the places will experience winters. “Many places in western Rajasthan including Fatehpur, Churu, Sangaria, Bikaner, Hanumangarh, Sirohi and Phalodi are likely to see minimum temperatures at or below 12 degrees Celsius,” said an officer.
Met office said that winter has set in when minimum temperatures at or below 15 degrees Celsius are recorded. “Presently, the minimum temperatures at various places are between 16 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees Celsius. However, a further dip in the mercury will take the minimum temperatures close to 15 degrees Celsius at majority of the places in the state,” the officer added.
In its forecast, the Met office said that mainly clear sky would be witnessed on Sunday at majority of the places and mercury is likely to plunge.
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Attributing the dip in the mercury and cloudy conditionsto the active western disturbances, Met office said that with the revival of northerly winds mercury is going to take a dip further.“By Monday, an average dip of almost 4 degrees Celsius is expected. Places including Fatehpur, Sikar, Sangaria, Phalodi and Sirohi are likely to record minimum temperature at or below 15 degrees Celsius,” said an officer with Met office, Jaipur.
People in Jaipur woke up amid cloudy conditions and a minimum temperature of 20.4 degrees Celsius. Cloudy conditions prevailed till afternoon but later in the evening the cloud cover vanished. “In the coming days, mainly clear sky would be witnessed in Jaipur,” said the officer.
By the first week of November, majority of the places will experience winters. “Many places in western Rajasthan including Fatehpur, Churu, Sangaria, Bikaner, Hanumangarh, Sirohi and Phalodi are likely to see minimum temperatures at or below 12 degrees Celsius,” said an officer.
Met office said that winter has set in when minimum temperatures at or below 15 degrees Celsius are recorded. “Presently, the minimum temperatures at various places are between 16 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees Celsius. However, a further dip in the mercury will take the minimum temperatures close to 15 degrees Celsius at majority of the places in the state,” the officer added.
In its forecast, the Met office said that mainly clear sky would be witnessed on Sunday at majority of the places and mercury is likely to plunge.
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