Bhubaneswar: The intensity of cold wave conditions prevailing in the state is expected to increase Wednesday onwards as the sky will mostly remain clear.
“The intensity of cold will increase in the State and there will be further drop in night temperatures as the sky is likely to remain clear,” Sarat Chandra Sahu, director, Regional Meteorological Centre, said.
The Met department here, in its bulletin for the day, said that shallow fog has been observed at one or two places over north Orissa and rainfall occurred at one or two places over Coastal Orissa.
It said that weather has been dry in interior pockets, adding, the minimum temperatures fell appreciably over coastal belt, but remained normal.
Tuesday, the lowest minimum temperature of 07.0°C was recorded at Phulbani. The temperature was 8.0°C in Daringbadi. Besides, minimum temperatures in places such as Angul, Baripada, Jharsuguda, Keonjhargar, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Hirakud and Bhawanipatna remained between 9.0°C to 12.0°C.
Malkangiri recorded the highest temperature at 32.6°C.
The cold wave condition has severely affected life in Phulbani and some other places, in addition to hitting the rail services in the state.
While Rajdhani Express from New Delhi has been cancelled due to the prevailing conditions at the national capital, in Orissa the departure time of Puri-New Delhi Purusottam Express from Puri was rescheduled to 3am Wednesday as against it scheduled time of 9.45pm.
The departure timing of the Delhi-bound Duronto Express was also rescheduled from 8am to 6.30pm Wednesday.
PNN
