IMD Weather Update- Cold wave in northern regions, fog to continue its grip over parts of India- Check details

IMD Weather Update: Cold wave in northern regions, fog to continue its grip over parts of India- Check details

As cold waves continue to batter the country’s northern region, dense to very dense fog conditions are likely to stay over some parts of northwest & east India for the next 2 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated.Severe cold-day conditions are very likely in many parts of Punjab, and Haryana on January 4 and January 5, and cold-day conditions in isolated pockets on Jan 5, IMD mentioned while adding that a few places in Uttar Pradesh, and east Rajasthan will see chilly weather.Further, fog conditions are very likely to prevail during night & morning hours in some parts of Punjab, Bihar, Tripura, Madya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh on January 04 and January 05, the weather forecast agency mentioned.

*Fog conditions observed* (at 0530 hours IST of today, 04.01.2024): *Very Dense fog* over Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Bihar; *Dense Fog* over Madhya Pradesh and Tripura and *Moderate Fog* over Jammu Division

Isolated pockets of hilly regions like Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, and Himachal will see dense fog conditions for a few hours in the morning hours.

Minimum temperatures

The Minimum temperatures are in the range of 6-9°C over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. East Uttar Pradesh, north Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim will see temperatures between the range of 10-12°C. Notably, these are above normal conditions by 2-4°C over many parts of India.

As per IMD, the rise of 2-3°C in minimum temperatures is also likely over many parts of central & east India during the next 3 days. Northern regions will see no significant change in minimum temperatures during the next 5 days

Rainfall update

Under the influence of the above low-pressure area over the southeast Arabian Sea, light to moderate rainfall at some places is very likely over south Tamil Nadu, north & south Kerala, and Lakshadweep during the next 3-4 days.

Further, isolated heavy rainfall is predicted in Lakshadweep on January 4 and 5. Light isolated rainfall is also likely over Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh during next 2 days.