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Mild cold wave sweeps 4 districts
Mild cold wave is sweeping Kishoreganj, Nilphamari, Panchagarh and Kurigram districts and it may spread, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said Sunday morning.
Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 to 8 degrees Celsius a moderate cold wave and less than 6 degrees Celsius a severe cold wave.
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Besides, moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and adjoining area and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue till noon at places, it said in a bulletin.
The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 8.3 degrees Celsius in Tetulia in 24 hours till 6am today. The highest temperature was recorded at 29.4 degrees Celsius in Teknaf.
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country.
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Night temperature may fall by (1-2)°C and day temperature may rise slightly over the country, it added.
Warm start to 2023 breaks records in Europe: UN
The unusually warm conditions in Europe that marked the festive season broke records in several countries on the continent, on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the UN weather agency said.
The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) linked the record-breaking heat to widely accepted peer-reviewed scientific data from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicating that the frequency of cold spells and frost days "will decrease."
"Strong declines in glaciers, permafrost, snow cover extent, and snow seasonal duration at high latitudes or altitudes are observed and will continue in a warming world," the IPCC said.
According to the UN agency, New Year temperatures soared above 20 degrees Celsius in many European countries, even in central Europe.
National and many local temperature records for December and January were also broken in several countries, from southern Spain to eastern and northern parts of Europe, the WMO said.
At Spain's Bilbao airport, a reading of 25.1 degrees Celsius on January 1 smashed the previous all-time record established 12 months earlier, by 0.7 degrees Celsius.
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And in the eastern French city of Besançon, which is usually chilly at this time of year, temperatures hit a new all-time high of 18.6 degrees Celsius on New Year's Day, 1.8 degrees Celsius above the previous record, dating back to January 1918.
In the German city of Dresden, the 1961 New Year's Eve record of 17.7 degrees Celsius was left trailing by the 19.4 degrees Celsius reading taken on December 31, 2022, just as Poland's Warsaw residents saw in the new year with temperatures peaking at 18.9 degrees Celsius, a staggering 5.1 degrees Celsius higher than the previous all-time record for January, from 1993.
Further north, on Denmark's Lolland island, 2023 started with a new high of 12.6 degrees Celsius, overtaking the 12.4 degrees Celsius record set in 2005.
The WMO attributed the warm spell in Europe to a high-pressure zone over the Mediterranean region which encountered an Atlantic low-pressure system.
Their interaction induced a strong south-west flux that brought warm air from north-western Africa to middle latitudes, the UN agency said, adding that this hotter-than-normal air was further warmed when passing the North Atlantic, due to a higher-than-normal sea surface temperature.
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Highlighting the influence of warmer sea waters on weather patterns, the WMO noted that in the eastern North Atlantic, sea surface temperature was 1 to 2 degrees Celsius higher than normal, and near the coasts of Iberia, even more.
All this caused record-breaking heat in several European countries on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the WMO said.
The weather extremes experienced in Europe are projected to carry on increasing, the WMO said, as it referenced a recent analysis published with "high confidence" by the IPCC.
"Regardless of future levels of global warming, temperatures will rise in all European areas at a rate exceeding global mean temperature changes, similar to past observations," the IPCC said.
Mild cold wave sweeping parts of Bangladesh
A mild cold wave is sweeping across Rajshahi, Pabna, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Nilphamari, Jashore, Chuadanga and Kushtia districts and it may continue, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said this morning.
Temperature between 8 to 10 degree Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 to 8 degrees Celsius a moderate cold wave and less than 6 degree Celsius, a severe cold wave.
Read more: Moderate to severe cold conditions likely to continue in parts of country: Met Dept
The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 9 degrees Celsius in Jashore in 24 hours till 6 am today. The highest temperature was recorded at 28.2 degrees Celsius in Teknaf.
Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy skies over the country.
Besides, night temperature may remain nearly unchanged and day temperature may rise slightly over the country.
Read more: Bone-chilling cold disrupts normal life in Panchagarh
Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight till morning and it may continue till noon at places.
The ridge of sub-continental high extends up to West Bengal and adjoining Western part of Bangladesh. Seasonal low lies over south Bay, extending its trough to North Bay.
Moderate to severe cold conditions likely to continue in parts of country: Met Dept
Moderate to severe cold conditions are likely to continue in north, north-western and central parts of the country due to lower difference between day and night temperatures, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has said.
According to the Met office regular bulletin, “Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight till morning and it may continue till noon at places.”
The Met office made the forecast at 9 am today for the next 24 hours.
Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country while night and day temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country, it said.
The lowest temperature in the country was recorded in Srimangal, at 9 degree Celsius.
Meanwhile, ridge of Sub-continental high extends up to West Bengal and adjoining area of Bangladesh.
Seasonal low lies over South Bay, extending its trough to North Bay.
Moderate to thick fog likely across country
Bangladesh is likely see moderate to thick fog in 24 hours commencing 9am on Sunday, the weather office has said.
“Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country during midnight to morning,” said a regular bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
Read more: Fog disrupts ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, it said.
The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 10.0 degree Celsius in Tetulia in 24 hours till 6am Sunday.
The highest temperature was recorded at 27.0 degree Celsius in Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf.
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Meanwhile, the ridge of Sub-continental high extends up to Bihar & adjoining area. Seasonal low lies over South Bay.
4 northern districts shiver as mild cold wave rolls in
A mild cold wave is sweeping through Naogaon, Panchagarh, Jashore and Chuadanga, said the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Friday.
The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 8.7 degrees Celsius in Tetulia in the 24 hours to 6am today. The highest temperature was recorded at 29.0 degrees Celsius in Cox's Bazar.
Read more: Shivering cold disrupts normal life in Kurigram
When the temperature drops below 10 degrees Celsius or less and continues for some period, it is considered a cold wave, according to the BMD.
Different parts of Bangladesh experience different intensities of cold waves. Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 to 8 degrees Celsius a moderate cold wave and less than 6 degrees Celsius a severe cold wave.
Also, the BMD said moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country from midnight till morning.
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"Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy skies over the country. Night and day temperatures may remain nearly unchanged," it added.
Mild cold wave sweeps parts of country
A mild cold wave is sweeping Rajshahi, Pabna, Naogaon, Nilphamari and Chuadanga districts and it may continue, said the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).
Besides, the Met office recorded 8.5 degrees Celsius in Chuadanga, the lowest temperature in the country.
Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country during late night to morning, it said.
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country.
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Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the
country.
Shivering cold disrupts normal life in Kurigram
Shivering cold and dense fog has hit Kurigram district hard, disrupting the normal life of people.
Tuhin Mia, an officer of Razarhat Agriculture Weather observatory center, said they have recorded temperature of 11.4 degrees Celsius in Kurigram on Wednesday morning and the temperature may fall in the next days.
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Vehicles have to move with headlights even in the daytime, and cold is forcing people to stay home.
The daily wage earners are the worst sufferer as they could not go out for work.
Some people were seen warming themselves in the morning after setting fire on husks beside the road.
Rahim Mia, a resident of Char Jatrapur area, said he had to work in his potato and paddy fields ignoring the bone-chilling cold since morning.
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Moazzem Hossain, another resident of Sadar upazila, said they are feeling the shivering cold for the last couple of days.
Abdul Hye Sarkar, Disaster and Rehabilitation officer, said already 38,000 blankets have been allocated for nine upazilas of the district.
Drizzle likely in Chattogram division
The weather department has predicted light rains in Chattogram division in 24 hours commencing 9am on Wednesday.
“Light rain or drizzle is likely at one or two places in Chattogram division,” Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said in its bulletin.
Read more: Drizzle likely in Dhaka, other parts of country
Weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, it added.
Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country during midnight till morning.
Night temperature may fall by (1-3)°C and day temperature may rise slightly over the country.
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The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 09.2 degree Celsius in Tetulia in 24 hours till 6am Wednesday.
The highest temperature was recorded at 29.4 degree Celsius in Teknaf of Chattogram division.
Seasonal low lies over South Bay, extending its trough to North Bay. Ridge of Sub-continental high extends up to Bihar & adjoining area.
Drizzle likely in Dhaka, other parts of country
The weather department has predicted light rains in parts of the country in 24 hours commencing 9am on Tuesday.
“Light rain or drizzle is likely at one or two places in Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions,” Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said in its bulletin.
Weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, it added.
Besides, moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country during late night till morning.
Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged and day temperature may fall slightly over the country, it added.
Meanwhile, the temperature will drop again with mild (