It’s going to be very cold in North India, and drinking alcohol at home or at the end of the year holidays will not be a good idea, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
In its latest impact-based advisory, the IMD said that a “severe” cold snap is expected in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and northern Rajasthan from December 28 and that there is an increased likelihood of various illnesses such as the flu, runny nose, or nosebleed, which usually set in or become worse due to prolonged exposure to cold.
“Don’t drink alcohol. It reduces the body temperature, ”the ad said.
Enters. Eat fruits rich in vitamin C and moisturize your skin regularly to counteract the effects of a severe cold, ”he said.
Kuldeep Srivastava, head of IMD’s regional forecast center, said that mercury will rise slightly on Sunday and Monday under the influence of a new western unrest that will affect the upper reaches of the Himalayas, but that the relief will be short-lived.
The western unrest will result in “scattered to fairly extensive” snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
After the wind system retreats, cold, dry winds from the north / northwest of the western Himalayas will lower the minimum temperature in northern India by three to five degrees Celsius, IMD said.
“Cold snap to severe cold snap conditions are likely in isolated areas over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP and northern Rajasthan from December 28 to 29. Frost and dense fog are likely to be found in isolated pockets in the region, ”he said.
For the plains, the IMD declares a cold snap when the minimum temperature is 10 degrees Celsius or less and is 4.5 notches lower than normal. A “severe” cold snap is when the minimum temperature drops to two degrees Celsius or the output is more than 6.4 degrees Celsius.
Last Sunday, the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a low of 3.4 degrees Celsius, the lowest this season so far.
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