The existent somesthesia successful Pune, according to IMD data, is not adjacent among the 10 lowest recorded successful the city. (File Photo)
Over the past fewer days, Pune has been successful the grip of a acold wave, signaling single-digit minimum temperatures. On Saturday, the NDA country saw the mercury dipping to 8.1 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest spot successful the city. Nevertheless, the chill origin i.e. the existent grade of acold experienced, appears to beryllium overmuch much than the recorded temperature.
Anupam Kashyapi, erstwhile caput of upwind forecasting astatine the India Meteorological Department (IMD), linked this to Cyclone Fengal which is expected to marque landfall by Saturday night.
Kashyapi said outer images showed the cyclone formed an anti-clockwise circulation which resulted successful the moisture-laden upwind from the authorities being sucked out. This depletion of moisture, helium explained, has contributed to the accrued chill origin successful the region.
“In moisture-laden air, the somesthesia feels warmer. Now that the moisture is depleted, it feels much acold than the recorded temperature,” helium said. Clear skies person besides helped the long-range radiation and cooled down the land.
In fact, the existent somesthesia successful Pune, according to IMD data, is not adjacent among the 10 lowest recorded successful the city. Pune has antecedently seen the mercury dip to 4.6 degrees Celsius connected November 27, 1964, which is the lowest-ever recorded successful the city. In the 1980s, the metropolis recorded debased temperatures of up to 6-7 degrees Celsius.
The cyclonic tempest Fengal, which has developed implicit the Bay of Bengal, is expected to marque landfall connected Saturday nighttime astir 100 km from Chennai and Puducherry. This tempest is expected to determination westward and make into a heavy slump successful the coming days. The IMD has forecast dense rainfall successful immoderate areas successful southbound India and advised fishermen against venturing retired into the sea.
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