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BSS, Dhaka

After short snaps of mild cold waves, a mild to moderate cold wave is likely to greet the new year in another three to five days, met office sources told BSS yesterday.

Though the year was ending with a mild cold wave in Rajshahi division on Sunday, it suddenly disappeared on Monday. But it was the prelude to a mild to moderate cold wave, the sources said.

As the mild cold wave was gone from the northwest, the fog it brought along also began thinning.

If the mild to cold wave take over the winter cool, the shroud of fog blanketing the sun may also disappear, the met sources said further.

Since December 20 the bite of the winter season was felt first at northeastern town of Srimangal, where mercury fell to 8.8 degrees Celsius.

The season's lowest minimum temperature of 7.2C was recorded in southwestern Jessore town on December 21. Earlier on December 20 it dropped to 7.3C at Rajshahi city.

It was 8.6C in Rajshahi on Sunday. But rose to 10.3C yesterday.

The lowest minimum temperature in the country yesterday was 9.5C recorded in Jessore.

The highest maximum temperature in the country yesterday was 28.8C in Cox's Bazar. The maximum temperature in Dhaka on Sunday was 25.3C and the minimum 15.4C, Chittagong maximum was 26C and the minimum 14.8C, Rajshahi maximum 25.3C, Khulna maximum 24.5C and minimum 12.7C, Barisal maximum 25.5C and minimum13.3C, Sylhet maximum 27C and minimum 15.3C.

The met forecast during the next 24 hours beginning at 6pm yesterday said the weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Light to moderate fog may occur over the river basins of the country during the early morning.

The night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, the forecast added.

Little change is likely in weather, the met outlook for the next two days said.

But the night temperature may fall, it said in its extended outlook for another five days.