NEW DELHI: North India, which has been reeling under severe cold wave, you are likely to get some relief starting January 3 temperatures they are expected to rise by three to five degrees Celsius, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.
A western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation extends over Afghanistan and its environs at the middle and upper tropospheric levels. It is likely to move slightly east towards the center. Pakistan and their neighborhood for the next 48 hours and remain virtually immobile there for the next three or four days.
There is also an induced cyclonic circulation over southwestern Rajasthan.
“Under the influence of these systems, fairly widespread light / moderate rainfall / snowfalls are likely to occur in the western Himalayan region on 4 and 6 January. With its peak intensity on 4 and 5 January, there is a possibility heavy rain / snow over Jammu and Kashmir. A hail storm in isolated locations is likely to also occur over the western Himalayan region during this time, “said IMD.
Minimum temperatures in the plains of northern India are between one and six degrees Celsius, except in isolated places in southern Haryana and northern Rajasthan, where it is between zero and minus one degree Celsius.
“It is very likely that they will gradually increase by three to five degrees Celsius in these regions over the next three days and no significant changes are expected thereafter in the next three days,” said IMD.
“Cold snap to severe cold snap conditions prevail in many parts of the Northwest Plains of India and contiguous central India. They are likely to continue. Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh and northern Rajasthan for the next 24 hours and decrease thereafter, “he said.
Dense to very dense fog is likely in isolated foci over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and northern Uttar Pradesh in the morning hours of January 2-3, and is likely to decrease thereafter, he said. the IMD.
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