Kolkata: The city was gripped by a sharp chill on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped three degrees to 12.4. It could remain below 13 degrees on Tuesday, said the Met office, which predicted that the chill will persist till at least Thursday.
“We expect light rain and cloud in Kolkata this weekend. But till then, it will remain chilly and dry,” said Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) director GK Das.
According to private weather forecasting service AccuWeather, the mercury dropped to 13 degrees on Monday night with real feel temperature being even lower at 12 degrees.
The latter is measured on the basis of factors like wind speed, sunray intensity, humidity, elevation and rain.
The mercury could start sliding up from January 22 as a western disturbance yet again cuts off the northwesterly which has brought in the chill. “It will lose strength and easterly winds will start flowing next weekend, pushing the mercury up,” said Das.