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Lucknow Shivers as Cold Wave Grips Uttar Pradesh, Air Quality Declines
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: A biting cold wave, fueled by harsh westerly winds, has swept across Uttar Pradesh, marking the full arrival of winter. The month of ‘Paush’ has begun with persistent fog in the mornings and evenings, and frigid nights. Even the mild daytime sunshine offers little respite from the penetrating cold.
In Lucknow, the state capital, the intensifying cold is coinciding with a decline in air quality. On Monday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) at Talkatora reached 264, a level considered “poor” and detrimental to health. Aliganj, Gomti Nagar, and BBAU also recorded air quality within the “orange zone,” indicating unhealthy conditions.
The city has been experiencing a mix of conditions, with morning and evening fog and haze, followed by intermittent sunshine and clouds during the day.
According to Atul Kumar Singh, a senior scientist at the Regional Meteorological Center, the presence of a Western Disturbance is currently causing cloud cover in some areas of Lucknow. Once the disturbance passes, the cloud cover is expected to dissipate, bringing an end to the fluctuating weather pattern. However, light to moderate fog and haze are expected to persist in the mornings.
On Monday, the daytime temperature remained steady at 24.9 degrees Celsius. The night temperature, however, dropped by 0.7 degrees to a recorded 10 degrees Celsius.
Important Considerations/Assumptions:
- I’ve assumed “Paush” refers to a month in the Hindu calendar, generally corresponding to December-January.
- I’ve given the article a standard news headline and introduction.
- I’ve kept the tone factual and informative.
- I tried to order facts as you would normally find them in an news article.
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