Residents of Bihar, who have been witnessing a foggy and chilly weather conditions for the past two days, are likely to witness dense foggy morning followed by sunshine for the next two days.
Patna Meteorological Centre has forecast that residents of major parts of Bihar are likely to welcome new year with dense foggy morning and chilly weather conditions.
"There would be cold weather conditions in the state including the state capital due to the chilly wind coming from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh which have witnessed snowfall. It would cause shivering as the temperature is likely to fall further," MeT official said.
MeT office has forecast another foggy morning followed by mainly clear sky later in the day in the state's four major cities -- Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnea.
Residents of Patna woke up amid dense fog.
According to MeT bulletin, the minimum temperature recorded at Patna was 11.2 degrees Celsius against yesterday's 10.7 degrees Celsius, while the maximum was registered at 18.4 degrees Celsius against yesterday's 20.2 degrees Celsius.
Both maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 18 and 11 degrees Celsius respectively tomorrow, an official said.
Gaya recorded a low of 11.4 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 21.3 degrees Celsius, the MeT bulletin said.
Bhagalpur recorded a minimum of 12.4 degrees Celsius and maximum of 19 degrees Celsius.
Purnea registered a minimum of 13.1 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 26 degrees Celsius which is the highest maximum temperature recorded among the major cities of the state.
The lowest temperature of 8 degrees Celsius was recorded at Sabour in Bhagalpur district, the MeT office said.
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