People remained troubled by cold throughout the day, there was less movement
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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The entire Bihar is currently forced to bear the brunt of the severe cold wave. The daily routine of common people has completely come to a standstill amidst cold wave and severe cold wave. The Meteorological Department has expressed the possibility of improvement in the weather by January 18. However, the Meteorological Department believes that there is a possibility of light rain on 17th and 18th January.
In fact, the effect of continuous snowfall in the Himalayan foothills and surrounding areas is being seen in many districts of Bihar. Due to this, the icy westerly wind is badly affecting the normal life of the people. Its effect is being seen in the form of cold wave in Bihar. The Meteorological Department has said in its forecast that the weather may improve in the coming two to three days, but it will have very little impact in the districts of Bihar. Light sunshine was seen in the second half of the day on Monday in the capital Patna, despite this people remained miserable due to severe cold. In such a situation, the Meteorological Department has issued an alert asking people to be completely alert from the cold and to leave their homes only if there is some urgent work.
The Meteorological Department believes that whenever you go out in this season, cover your body completely with woolen clothes. In such a situation, small children and elderly persons have been advised to take special precautions. The Meteorological Department has said that the temperature will drop in Gaya, Bhagalpur, Sabour, Banka, Aurangabad districts. At the same time, in about one and a half dozen districts of Bihar, the minimum temperature was recorded below 10 degrees Celsius.
The temperature of Sabour in Bhagalpur fell to five degrees on Monday. Samastipur district is in the grip of dense fog. Due to dense fog in the morning, vehicles are facing a lot of problems in movement on the roads.
Meteorologists have said that the weather of Bihar remained generally dry on January 15. Severe cold day was recorded in Purnia and Buxar. While cold day was recorded in Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Forbesganj, Sabour, Gopalganj, Jamui, Vaishali, Aurangabad, Banka, Siwan and Kaimur. Very dense fog prevailed in Purnia while light to moderate fog prevailed in most parts of the state in the morning. In the state of Bihar, the highest maximum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius was recorded in Motihari and the lowest minimum temperature of 6 degrees Celsius was recorded in Banka, Sabour and Motihari. The average maximum temperature of Bihar state was 17.3 degrees Celsius and the average minimum temperature was 8.3 degrees Celsius.
According to weather analysis, cold westerly wind continues to flow in the state. Also a cyclonic circulation is present over South Bangladesh and surrounding area at an average level of 1.5 km above sea level. The weather in the state will remain dry during the next 24 hours.
