Dense fog likely for 3 days

Dense to very dense fog is likely over the city during the next three days, said the Meteorological Department.

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The city has received 34.1 mm rainfall in the past two days. Apart from light rain in the morning, the weather remained cloudy throughout the day.

The department said the weather conditions caused by Western Disturbance were most likely to abate during the next 12 hours and thereafter, there will be mainly dry weather over the next five days. Dense to very dense fog has been predicted on December 29 and 30, and dense fog on December 31. The weather will be partly cloudy on January 1 and 2.

The cold wave conditions are likely to prevail from December 29 to January 3 in the city. A fall of 3-5 degrees in the minimum temperature is expected in next 48 hours.

According to the department, the maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 15.1° Celsius, which was 4.7 degrees below normal. The average maximum temperature dropped by 0.8 degree today.

The minimum temperature was 12.1° Celsius, which was 5.4 degrees above normal. Also, the average minimum temperature rose by 2.7 degrees in the past 24 hours.