NEW DELHI: North india you are likely to witness a intense wet spell until Tuesday, with enough widespread precipitation accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and hailstorms in isolated locations, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. Activities will peak on Sundays and Mondays on the plains (Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh and northern Rajasthan) and on Monday over the western Himalayan region (Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand), he added.
Following the rain wave, cool north-northwest winds are likely to establish over the northwestern plains of India, causing “cold snaps to severe cold snap conditions” in isolated locations in Punjab, Haryana and northern India. Rajasthan as of January 7, the IMD said.
An active western disturbance is found as a mid and upper level cyclonic circulation over the center Pakistan and neighborhood, with its induced cyclonic circulation over southwest Rajasthan and neighborhood at lower levels.
A north-south zone of confluence of winds from the north of Punjab to the northeast of the Arabian Sea was also observed on Sunday, with a strong interaction between the southwest in association with the western disturbance and the humid southeast winds of lower levels.
“All of these favorable weather features are likely to persist through January 5 and continue to cause a moderate to heavy wet spell with fairly widespread to widespread precipitation accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and hailstorms in isolated locations from northwestern India to night of January 5. with peak activities on January 3 and 4 in the plains (Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, west of Uttar Pradesh and north of Rajasthan).
“… and on January 4-5 over the western Himalayan region (Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand),” said IMD.
The rains hit the national capital in the morning. According to a MeT department official, heavy rains were recorded in areas of Delhi and lows have increased due to clouds and easterly winds.
“The Safdarjung The observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 9.9 degrees Celsius, an increase of 6.7 degrees with 25 mm of rain. The Palam observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 11.4 degrees Celsius with 18 mm of rain. Hail rains are expected until January 6, “the official said.
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