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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that Mumbai as well as the rest of the state have moved past the possibility of facing a cold wave this week. The department, however, maintained that there is a chance of night temperature dipping further in Mumbai in the weekend.
“There was a forecast of a possible cold wave hitting Maharashtra between January 9 and 10. However, Wednesday morning onwards, the minimum temperature in several parts of the state, including the northern districts, recorded a marginal increase by one and two degrees.
This clearly shows that the state has surpassed the possibility of getting hit by a cold wave,” said Sushma Nair, scientist from IMD, Mumbai. On Tuesday, the IMD had issued an alert stating that a cold wave may hit the state and the northernmost districts like Nandurbar, Dhule, Jalgaon and Nashik, would experience a dip in temperature.
Nair said: “Mumbai is experiencing minimum temperature between 16 and 18 degrees Celsius. During the weekend, there is a possibility of the temperature dropping below 14 degrees.” The city on Wednesday recorded a night temperature of 17 degrees Celsius at Santacruze observatory of the IMD. The Colaba observatory recorded a low of 20 degrees Celsius.
Mahesh Palawat, an expert from Skymet Weathers, said the weather in Mumbai has been affected by snowfall in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
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