New Delhi: The cold waves continue to grip north India as mercury drops below normal. The parts of north India also witness dense fog. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted dense to very dense fog in the next 2-3 days over Northwest India from December 30 (today).
The weather agency also forecast cold wave conditions over parts of Northwest India from today itself.
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Dense to very dense fog was reported in some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Eastern Uttar Pradesh. While the visibility fell to below 50 metres. In Rajasthan’s Ganganagar, Bikaner and Ajmer, the visibility was zero. The same was witnessed in Punjab and Patiala.
Rainfall in Uttarakhand
Meanwhile, heavy rainfall was witnessed at isolated places in Uttarakhand. According to IMD weather update, “A Western disturbance is very likely to cause light isolated to scattered rainfall and snowfall over Western Himalayan region from Jan 1 to 4 2025.
Coldwave conditions
In the last 24 hours, the minimum temperatures dropped to below zero degrees Celcius over parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. In many parts of northwest India, the temperature fell down to between 6-12 degrees Celsius.
Lowest minimum temperature
On Sunday, Sikar in Rajasthan witnessed the lowest minimum temperature of 5.7 degrees Celsius. A fall in minimum temperature has been recorded by 1-3 degrees Celsius over many parts of Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and in some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi and West Rajasthan.
While the minimum temperature fell between 3-6 degrees Celsius over many parts of East Rajasthan and in isolated parts of Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh and Punjab in the last 24 hours. There was a rise in minimum temperature by 1-2 degrees Celsius over some parts of East India.
The IMD has also forecast a fall in minimum temperatures by 4-6 degrees Celsius over Uttar Pradesh in the next 5 days. While over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi and Rajasthan, the temperature is likely to fall by 3-4 degrees Celsius in the next 3 days. No significant change was predicted thereafter.
