LUCKNOW, Dec. 21 -- Cold day conditions were on Saturday reported in many districts, particularly in western, central and eastern Uttar Pradesh, as cold northerly winds, surface inversion and the influence of an anti-cyclone continued to prevail over the region, said India meteorological department (IMD). In view of the prevailing weather conditions, dense to very dense fog is likely to persist in several parts of the state during the next 24 hours and cold day conditions are also expected to continue. Due to the effect of persistent fog in many parts resulted in a lack of sunshine. Severe cold day conditions were observed in Lucknow, Barabanki, Varanasi, Bahraich, Sultanpur, Ghazipur, Basti, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, and Najibabad, while cold day conditions prevailed in Hardoi, Ballia, Churk, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Ghazipur, Moradabad, Etawah and Agra. Five districts that recorded the lowest minimum temperature are: Kanpur City 6.4 degrees, Etawah 6.8 degrees, Bulandshahr 7, Ayodhya 7.5 and Barabanki 8 degrees Celsius. Five districts with lowest day temperature on Saturday included Bareilly at 13.2 degrees Celsius (8.3 degrees below normal), Shahjahanpur 13.9, Ayodhya 14, Sultanpur and Barabanki 14.5 degree Celsius each. In Lucknow, maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 16 and 9.8 degrees Celsius respectively. The forecast for Sunday is dense fog is very likely during late night/ early morning hours with cold days. The maximum and minimum temperature will be around 17 and 11 degrees Celsius respectively. However, the dense fog that has gripped major parts of Uttar Pradesh for the past four days is expected to decrease after the next 24 hours, and the temperature is likely to rise by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius....