JAIPUR: Mercury took an upward swing across the state on Thursday and provided much-needed relief from the bone-chilling cold conditions.
Jaipur meteorological office said due to the upcoming western disturbances and upper air cyclonic circulation, mild showers would be witnessed at the eastern and western Rajasthan in the next couple of days.
Karauli remained the coldest where a minimum temperature of 5°C was recorded.
Attributing the climatic change to the active western disturbances and upper air cyclonic circulation, Jaipur Met office stated that from Saturday, mild to moderate showers would be witnessed at several places in the state.
“Many places in the Bikaner division, Jaipur division, Ajmer division and Jodhpur division are likely to get mild to moderate showers due to the prevailing western disturbances and upper air cyclonic circulation. On Thursday, some places witnessed rise in the humidity levels and cloudy conditions prevailed,” said an officer with the Jaipur Met office.
People in Jaipur woke up to a comparatively warmer morning as a minimum temperature of 10°C, almost a degree above normal was recorded. In the afternoon, mild cloud cover was seen in and around Jaipur.
“With the rising humidity levels, the maximum temperature in the city took an upward swing as a maximum temperature of 25°C, almost 2 degrees above the normal notch was recorded,” the officer with the Met office said.
Earlier, majority of the places in the state were under the grip of severe cold wave and had recorded their minimum temperatures either below freezing point or below 7°C at some places. However, on Thursday majority of the places recorded its minimum temperatures on and above 5°C.
In its forecast for Friday, Jaipur Met office said cloudy conditions will prevail at many places and a rise of almost 4°C is expected in the next couple of days.
