Lucknow, Dec 11 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Meteorological Department on Thursday issued an alert for dense to very dense fog in the state's terai belt over the next three days, even as minimum temperatures are expected to rise gradually.

According to the weather department, the fall in minimum temperatures witnessed over the past three days, triggered by the influence of northwesterly winds following two successive western disturbances, is likely to halt from Thursday night.

A steady increase in night temperatures is expected thereafter, it said.

Despite the slight warming trend by 2 to 4 degree Celsius from Friday due to an approaching western disturbance and likely easterly winds, dense fog conditions are set to persist, particularly in the terai districts, the weather office added.

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