Lucknow, Feb. 4 -- Don't store away your woollens just yet. The IMD has predicted a drop in maximum and minimum temperatures of around 4 degrees for two days - Thursday and Friday - after which the mercury is set to begin its climb in the thermometer in earnest. The weatherman said that this drop in temperatures will bring some relief from the sudden rise in temperatures being experienced now.

"Due to the influence of Western Disturbances, the temperature is likely to increase slightly in the next 24 hours and with its passage (Western Disturbance), due to strong cold North-Westerly winds of 25-35 km/hr, there is a possibility of a fall of 2-4degC in maximum and minimum temperatures between February 5 to 7," explained Atul Kumar Singh, s...