Docs advise caution against falling night temperature

LUCKNOW: Indicating towards the approaching winter, the night temperature witnessed a 6.6 degree Celsius fall in the last five days. This has prompted doctors to advise people to guard themselves against the changing weather.

“It’s time that people, the elderly in particular, delay their morning walk a bit so that the chill does not harm them,” said Dr Sandeep Kapoor, director, Healthcity Hospital and Trauma Centre, Gomti Nagar.

He said the difference in day and night time temperature should not be ignored by those suffering with respiratory distress. The night temperature slipped to 19 degrees Celsius on Monday from 25.6 degrees on October 12. There is, however, not much change in day temperature

Room temperature and outside temperature in the morning are different and sudden exposure to the changed temperature might cause illness VINOD JAIN, senior faculty, KGMU

that is still around 35 degrees Celsius.

Prof Vinod Jain, senior faculty, KGMU said kids below the age of five years should be kept safe from the early morning wind. “The room temperature and outside temperature in the morning are different and sudden exposure to the changed temperature might cause illness,” he said.

The forecast for the next 24 hours is that maximum and minimum temperature would be around 35 degree and 18 degree Celsius, respectively.

The weather was likely to remain dry in most parts of the state.

“The minimum temperature has dipped due to westerly wind, which is blowing over the state capital, and the clear sky. It will dip a little in next 24 hours and may go up by a degree on Diwali night,” said JP Gupta, met department director.

He said the sky was likely to remain clear for most parts of the week, but there could be some cloud formation in days to come.

The official said in the coming days, mornings could be hazy, but the day temperature was not likely to be affected much. It would vary by a degree or two.

The night temperature fell in other cities as well in the state. At Muzaffarnagar it was 15.8 degrees, Kanpur 16.6, Shahjahanpur 17, Meerut 17.3, Najibabad 17.5, Bareilly 17.9 and Sultanpur 18.5.