Met issues warning of severe cold wave conditions in Punjab

Tribune News Service

Moga, December 17

The ongoing cold wave conditions, sweeping the Malwa belt and border areas in Punjab for the past couple of days, continued unabated on Friday with Bathinda and Fatehgarh Sahib recording the lowest minimum temperature of 3.4 degree Celsius, 2 degree Celsius below normal, the Chandigarh office of the Meteorological Department said.

The Meteorological Department has issued a warning of severe cold wave conditions across the state in the coming days. According to details, the biting cold wave conditions have extended to all districts in the state, including Chandigarh, the state capital.

On the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, Patiala, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Sangrur also reeled under an intense chill, recording a low of 3.8 degree Celsius, 4 degree Celsius, 3.8 degree Celsius and 3.8 degree Celsius, respectively.

The minimum temperature in Chandigarh was 5.4 degree Celsius, Amritsar 7.3, Ludhiana 5, Pathankot 5.1, Faridkot 5, SBS Nagar 5.8, Barnala 5, Ferozepur 6.2, Moga 4.7, Muktsar 5.6, Ropar 5.3 and Mohali 8 degree Celsius.

It is estimated that the minimum temperature will drop from 2 to 5 degree Celsius in most parts of the state.

The Met department has also predicted moderate to dense fog at isolated places in Punjab in the next few days. However, the weather will remain mostly dry in the next couple of days in Malwa, Majha and Doaba belts.

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