North India reels under cold wave; very dense fog to continue till tomorrow

The IMD in its latest weather bulletin said, "With the movement of the Western Disturbance further northeastwards from Jammu and Kashmir, dry northwesterly winds are likely to pick up from January 25 and persist during the next three or four days over the plains of north India, central and western India."

The national capital on Monday witnessed dense fog in pockets. Various parts in north India were also enveloped in dense fog affecting visibility, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said.  The weather body said that parts of north India — Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, and northern Rajasthan — are likely to observe very dense fog till 26th January.

The IMD in its latest weather bulletin said, “With the movement of the Western Disturbance further northeastwards from Jammu and Kashmir, dry northwesterly winds are likely to pick up from January 25 and persist during the next three or four days over the plains of north India, central and western India.”

The minimum temperature recorded today at Delhi’s Palam and Safdarjung weather stations were 9.8 and 8.8 degrees Celsius. Visibility of 500 meters was reported at Safdarjung and Palam at 5:30 am today.

Mercury also dipped in parts of Rajasthan where Mount Abu recorded a low of minus 4 degrees Celsius, the weather office said on Monday. In the plains, Churu and Bhilwara were recorded as the coldest places with 3.4 degrees, according to the Met department here.

On Sunday, some isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh received rainfall/snowfall. The minimum temperatures in isolated places of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh were above normal as per the IMD. The temperature in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, West Bengal, and Andaman Nicobar Islands were below normal.

 

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