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| Capital shivers on winter's coldest |
| After the winter's coldest morning so far, the sun offers some relief to the Capital. Here's the Friday afternoon scene at Raj Ghat
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| INDIA
, 6-January-2007
0:57:4 AM |
| Early morning walkers in the Capital had a legitimate excuse to stay under their warm quilts for a while longer on Friday with the Capital registering the winter's coldest morning so far.
Inaugurating the weekend on a rather chill note, the temperature dropped a good three degrees below normal to touch a low of 4.2 degrees Celsius during the day. While the temperature may have had Delhiites getting ready to don more layers of woollens, Friday was certainly not cold enough for the weatherman. "An average temperature at best," said the weatherman. "There was nothing unusual about the mercury touching 4 degrees Celsius in January."
"The coldest day in the Capital so far was recorded way back in 1935 when the temperature dropped to minus 0.6 degrees Celsius. Last year the temperature touched 0.2 degrees on January 8. January is always the coldest month of the year in Delhi and 4 degrees is common during this period. This year has seen an average winter so far,'' said Meteorological Department Director S. C. Bhan.
And, according to the weatherman, the cold spell is likely to continue for the next few days. With the minimum temperature on Saturday likely to be around 4 or 5 degrees Celsius, the weekend will be a great time to be sitting all bundled up in front of the heater.
Giving air and rail passengers a break from long delays caused by fog, Friday was a good day to travel as visibility even at its lowest was a good 700 metres. "There will be shallow fog on Saturday too. But the sky will be clear later,'' said a Meteorological Department official.
However, the fog is likely to make an appearance once again this Sunday, according to BBC Weather Forecast. Sunday is expected to be sunny but the visibility might be "poor''.
The coming week is also likely to remain gloomy if the BBC Weather Forecast is to be believed. Monday is expected to be cloudy and visibility will be "very poor".
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