Visakhapatnam: A shallow layer of fog engulfed elements of Chintapalle, Paderu, and Pedabayalu within the ASR district on Friday morning, lowering visibility to 600 meters at the same time as Chintapalle recorded the coldest morning with the temperature plummeting to 7 diploma Celsius.

Regional Agriculture Analysis Station (RARS) at Chintapalle in ASR districts mentioned the minimal temperature was three notches beneath regular in Chintapalle. That is the bottom temperature recorded to date within the season.

Locals guess the temperature of the encompassing areas of the Chintapalle by deducting 1 to 2 diploma Celsius from the temperature at RARS. Locals mentioned that the mercury dipped to beneath 6 in lots of elements of the ASR district. As a result of dense fog, vehicular site visitors was affected within the morning hours.

Director of IMD-Amaravati, Stella S mentioned the minimal temperatures have been dipping in lots of elements of the state for the previous few days. The utmost temperature is prone to settle round 20 to 25 levels Celsius in the course of the day. The minimal temperatures will dip additional within the coming days, she added.

The melancholy over Southwest Bay of Bengal remained virtually stationary and lay centered over Southwest Bay of Bengal about 370 km east-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 480 km east of Nagappattinam (Tamil Nadu) and 540 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu).

It’s prone to transfer slowly west southwestwards in the direction of Comorin Space throughout Sri Lanka on Sunday. Underneath the affect, gentle to average rainfall at remoted locations is probably going over south coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema area within the state on Saturday and Sunday.

Chintapalle within the ASR district recorded the bottom temperature at 5 levels Celsius in 2014 and mid-December 2012.

Nearly all of the locals in Chintapalle and different elements of the ASR district have most well-liked to remain indoors as a result of bone-biting chilly and dense fog. Vacationers nonetheless had been seen huddling across the bonfires in the course of the morning hours to maintain themselves heat.

The foggy climate circumstances at Lammasingi, Tajangi, Vanjangi, Dallapalle and some different elements of Vizag Company have been attracting vacationers from varied elements of the state. Lammasingi in ASR is popularly referred to as Kashmir of Andhra Pradesh.