New Delhi: Western Himalayan Region is expected to witness light rainfall or snowfall from January 25 to 28, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
According to IMD, North Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh are likely to witness cold wave conditions from January 23 to 25.
However, no significant change in minimum temperatures is very likely over the parts of Northwest India during the next 2 days and a rise of about 2 degrees Celsius is expected thereafter for the subsequent 3 days, the IMD said.
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The minimum temperature over East India is likely to rise by 2-3 degrees Celsius during the next 2 days and fall by 2-3°C for the subsequent 3 days.
The weather department further predicted that dense to very dense fog conditions will continue to prevail over North India for the next 5 days. Parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh are very likely to witness dense to very dense fog conditions and Delhi is likely to witness dense fog conditions from January 23 night to 27 morning.
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Dense to very dense fog conditions are very likely to prevail for a few hours in night and morning in isolated pockets of Bihar from January 23rd night to 25th morning and dense fog in isolated pockets for the subsequent 3 days, it said.
The isolated pockets of Madhya Pradesh are expected to witness dense fog conditions during the 23rd-26th and similar conditions are likely to prevail over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura from January 23rd night to 25th morning.
The IMD said, “Cold day to severe cold day conditions are likely to prevail over North India for the next 2 days and decrease in intensity thereafter.”
Cold-day to severe cold-day conditions are very likely to continue in many parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on January 23 and 24; in some parts on January 25 and cold-day conditions in isolated pockets on January 26 and 27, it said.
West Rajasthan, East Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Bihar are also likely to witness cold day to severe cold day conditions during January 23-24.
Cold day conditions will likely continue in isolated pockets of Madhya Pradesh on January 23 and 24.
“Due to anti-cyclonic circulation over Northwest Bay of Bengal and cyclonic circulation over Marathawada and neighbourhood in the lower levels, light rainfall at isolated to scattered places likely over Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal & Sikkim during next 2-3 days, the IMD said.
Light to moderate rainfall at many places likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands from January 24-28 with the possibility of heavy rainfall on January 25.
