IMD issues rainfall warnings for Chandigarh, Punjab, and Haryana
Chandigarh: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a rainfall warning for 15 states and UTs over the next three days. Rainfall is predicted over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand on February 8 and 9 while widespread rainfall is likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan on February 9.
As per the IMD weather update, "Scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall/snowfall with thunderstorm and lightning is likely over Western Himalayan Region (over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand) during the night of February 8 and 9, 2022."
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Similarly, fairly widespread rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning is likely over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, and isolated rainfall over East Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan on February 9. Isolated hailstorm likely over West
Uttar Pradesh on February 9.
Meanwhile, isolated to scattered rainfall likely over West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, and north Odisha on February 9 and 10.
On the other hand, dense fog conditions are very likely in isolated and some parts in the night and morning hours over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura during the next 2 days and over Odisha on February 9.
Likewise, cold day to severe cold day conditions are very likely in isolated pockets over East Uttar Pradesh during the next 48 hours; cold days over West Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hours and abate thereafter.
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