Sikkim:Severe winters expected this year


26 NOV: A severe winter seems to be in store for north Bengal & Sikkim this year, so says the weather specialists. The mercury might dip to 2 degree Celsius or even below in the coming days. If this happens Sikkim would get to taste quite a winter this time. According to Dr Subir Sarkar, a North Bengal University meteorologist, the severity of the chill would set in with the onset of December. “Come December and the people would scurry for protective woollen cover against the chilling west winds. The arrival of a remarkably severe winter has been clear from the very beginning. The long spells of late monsoon showers and the penetration of the west wind into the atmosphere, deemed to be the harbinger of winter, are indications enough,” he said.

“The higher ridges have already had snowfalls last week. And if the weather does not drastically change there is no reason Sikkim higher hills would not get snow capped this season,” he said.