Due to dense fog, eight flights to and from Patna were canceled on Wednesday. The first flight to be canceled was IndiGo flight 6E2769 arriving from Delhi at 10:10 am. Indigo flight 6E6902 coming from Lucknow at 10:30 am was also cancelled. Indigo flight 6E2695 coming from Delhi at 7:40 pm was also cancelled. The last IndiGo flight 6E2482 coming from Delhi at 8:45 pm also had to be canceled due to low visibility at Patna Airport. Since these four flights did not arrive, their counter flight back from Patna was also cancelled. Along with this, 14 pairs of aircraft arrived and departed late.
Five pairs of planes arrived and departed late by more than an hour
Five pairs of planes arrived and departed late by more than an hour at Patna airport. At 10:20 am, SpiceJet flight SG8721 coming from Delhi arrived one hour 28 minutes behind schedule. IndiGo flight 6E632 coming from Kolkata was delayed by one hour 28 minutes, flight 6E6277 coming from Bengaluru was delayed by one hour one minute and IndiGo flight 6E2214 coming from Delhi was delayed by one hour 21 minutes. . The most delayed arrival was SpiceJet flight SG322 from Hyderabad at 3:05 pm. It reached Patna with a delay of 4.50 hours at 7:55 pm and returned with almost the same delay. Apart from this, nine pairs of planes arrived and departed with a delay of less than an hour.
Bihar shivered due to severe cold, cold wave will continue for now
Bihar is now facing the brunt of cold wave this winter. The period of freezing cold and fog that brings mercury to the surface during the day has been going on for the last six days. At present, the cold wave does not seem to be ending yet, it is predicted to continue further. Due to fog, there is hardly any district in the state which has not yet reached the cold day situation.
Cold day situation has arisen due to fog
The reason for the persistence of Cold Day/Cold Wave like conditions is not the dissipating fog. A strong layer of it is present one to two kilometers above the surface. Dust particles are also included in the fog. Because of this sunlight is not able to reach the surface. Therefore, due to the mercury falling much below normal, cold day conditions are being created in most areas of the state. Generally, winter rains occur from December to January due to the activity of western disturbances. Because of this the sky used to become clear. This is not being seen this time. Cold day conditions are being created continuously in the state after the year 2018.
It may rain on 26-27 January
According to the weather report, a powerful western disturbance is forming in the state around January 26. Due to this, there may be rain in Bihar on 26 or 27 January. This will increase the cold. Here, according to the forecast of IMD, there is a possibility of cold continuing till January 22. There is a possibility of dense fog at some places in North Bihar of the state and moderate to dense fog in South Bihar for the next three to four days.
Extreme cold in many districts including Patna, Chhapra, Bhagalpur
In Bihar, severe cold day was recorded in Muzaffarpur, Buxar, Aurangabad, Patna, Bhagalpur, Purnia, Chhapra, Sabour, Bhojpur, Kaimur, Khagaria, Jiradei, Agwanpur, Kishanganj on Wednesday. The mercury here has been recorded six to 11 degrees Celsius less than normal.
The maximum temperature in Patna was 14.2 degrees, eight degrees below normal.
The highest temperature in Gaya was 16.5 degrees, six degrees below normal.
The highest temperature in Bhagalpur was 15.2 degrees, seven degrees below normal.
The highest temperature in Purnia was 14.2 degrees, ten degrees below normal.