Mercury rises to 8.7 degree C

New Delhi, Nov 29 (UNI) A day after experiencing the lowest temperature of the season at 7.3 degree Celsius, the mercury in Delhi today rose to 8.7 degree C even as the chill in the air persisted.

The minimum temperature of 8.7 Degree C was one degree below normal. The maximum rose to 25 degree C, from 23 degree C yesterday.

This is the sixth consecutive day that the night minimum temperature has stayed below the 9 degree C mark, indicating that Winter chill has truly arrived in Delhi.

Though weathermen have forecast that night temperatures were likely to increase over plains of northwest India from Saturday, chilly conditions are likely to prevail in the next week too with the Met office forecasting the possibility of scattered rain or thundershowers in Delhi over the plains of Northwest India from December 3 onwards under the influence of an approaching Western disturbance.

Isolated heavy snowfall is also likely over Western Himalayan region during the same period, the weathermen said.

So, though there could be a slight increase in night temperature, it would still hover around 11 to 12 degree C mark.

Further, the weather office has forecast a decrease in day temperature over Northwest India over the next week.

For tomorrow, weather office has forecast that the sky would remain largely clear though misty conditions would prevail in the morning. The minimum temperature is expected to remain around the 6 degree c mark.

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