RANCHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted shallow to moderate fog in isolated parts of the state in the next two days owing to a brewing deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal.In its evening weather bulletin, IMD New Delhi said the system, which was stationed 1,080km of Machalipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, was expected to become a severe cyclonic storm by December 17 and move northwest wards. "Shallow to moderate fog at isolated parts is very likely over Bihar, East Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Vidharbha in the next two days," IMD said, in its statement.Besides the deep depression, two cyclonic circulations were persisting above East Bangladesh and Madhya Pradesh, the statement added.It also predicted overcast conditions with chances of isolated showers on Sunday. "The state will witness fairly wide spread rain on December 17 and scattered rains on December 18," the IMD said. The overcast conditions are likely to raise the night-time temperature in Ranchi and across the state a few notches above normal, weather experts in Ranchi said.In its evening weather bulletin, IMD Ranchi minimum temperatures across Jharkhand were above normal in the early hours of Friday. Ranchi recorded 12.5°C, 2.6°C above normal. At 16.9° C, Jamshedpur experienced a warm night than usual at this time of the year with mercury staying 3.9° above normal.

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