Vizag's abnormal warm winter

Vizag's abnormal warm winter
By SNV Sudhir
Visakhapatnam, Nov 28, 2011: It’s already end of November and feels like winter is yet to set in here in Vizag. Vizagites who enjoyed pleasant winters at this point of time earlier are now facing the worst ever humid and hot conditions this season.
Locals are experiencing some abnormal winter conditions this season. “Mornings during November were always so cold and refreshing. But that’s all past. Since two years we have been experiencing some worst conditions during winter season. I don’t know why it is happening like this. Bu it’s not good,” recollected Radha Krishna, a 50 year old entrepreneur of MVP Colony.
Instead of feeling chilly, public is suffering with suffocation and sultry feeling. Statistics at the weather office also suggests there is an increase in the temperature levels this year when compared to last year exactly during these days. Minimum temperatures last year during Nov 25, 26, 27, 28 were 22.5C, 21.8, 21.6 and 21.9 respectively.
Whereas this year minimum temperatures since four days were recorded as 24.4, 24.8, 24.6 and 23.9 Celsius on Monday. Statistics clearly shows that minimum temperature levels this year have increased at least by 3 Celsius due to which public is feeling the heat. “We have predicted a relatively warm winter this year due to various reasons,” said Prof OSRU Bhanu Kumar of Andhra University’s department of meteorology and oceanography.
He said that the present humid and hot conditions can be attributed to the global warming and climate change scenarios. Though these reasons are a global phenomenon the professor also said that some local factors would also add to the situation. He pointed out that the pollution levels are also a cause of concern and would definitely have a negative impact on the weather.
Prof Bhanu Kumar further added that the pollution caused by the industries can be seen as a thick layer in the mornings in the form of fog. He observed that though there is a fog kind of situation the weather remains warm and at sometimes hot. “There is rampant industrialization happening around the city making city a blast furnace. We are worried if situation is like this now what will be the future,” pointed noted environmentalist SB Rao. The professor also said that as the anti cyclonic storm is weak in northwest India winter reduces in our region.