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This is an archive article published on December 6, 2011
Finally,city may get some respite from heat
Despite the hot start to December,weather officials say that temperatures have finally begun to drop in the city and may fall further in the next two days.
Written by Express News Service
Mumbai | December 6, 2011 12:02 AM IST
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Despite the hot start to December,weather officials say that temperatures have finally begun to drop in the city and may fall further in the next two days.
For a study of winter conditions,minimum temperatures are considered significant. These have been between one to four degrees above normal since the start of December,peaking at 24.7°C at Colaba and 22.7°C at Santacruz on the first day of the month. However,since then,the minimum temperature at Colaba has been sliding and in Santacruz,it has risen a little after an initial fall.
The temperatures have only been one to two degrees above normal in the past two days. In fact,there has been a drop in temperatures as the winds are gradually settling into northerly or northeasterly, said V K Rajeev,director,India Meteorological Department (IMD).
On Monday,the maximum temperature at Colaba was 31.7°C,down from 34.4 on Sunday,and it was 32.3°C in Santacruz,falling from 34.8 the previous day. The minimum temperatures were 23.3°C and 22°C in Colaba and Santacruz respectively.
The Met department has predicted a further fall in temperatures in the next two days. The winds are expected to set in further,which will lead to a drop in temperatures in the next two days, said Rajeev. However,BBC Weather expects the maximum temperature in the city to rise upto 37°C this week and CNN Weather has predicted that the minimum temperature may be as much as 25 degrees.
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