FOG’S CLEAR POINT: WINTER NOT OVER YET
LUCKNOW: Fog, which returned to the state capital on Tuesday evening, enveloped Lucknow and other parts of the state in patches early on Wednesday morning too.
JP Gupta, Met director, said: “The sudden fog was an outcome of a sudden fall in temperature. It was in patches as the moisture was uneven throughout the city. Fog was visible in parts where moisture was high and temperature was low. But fog was not there in places where moisture was low.”
Gupta forecast low visibility in the coming days with the temperature three to four degrees below normal. The maximum temperature was recorded at 18.9 degrees Celsius in Lucknow on Wednesday and the minimum was 7.1 degrees Celsius. The weatherman said the temperature was expected to dip further.
The Meteorological office said dense to very dense fog was likely to occur at many places in the eastern parts of the state and at some isolated parts of the western Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, commuters faced difficulties when fog returned on Tuesday evening. “Fog was thick in patches and it made commuting really tough,” said Vaibhav Saxena, a college goer. “It was unexpected. The previous two days were quite warm. Hence, we thought winter was gone. But it made a comeback on Tuesday evening,” said Sudha Krishna, a government employee.
Fog disrupted vehicular traffic at various places while more than a dozen trains are running behind schedule due to poor visibility, railway officials informed. Meanwhile, Muzaffarnagar recorded the lowest temperature in the state of 4.2 degrees Celsius. Hamirpur with the minimum temperature of 4.6 degrees Celsius, Lakhimpur Kheri and Agra with a minimum temperature of 4.8 degrees Celsius and Bareliy at 5.2 degrees Celsius were among the other coldest places in the state.