IMD predicts rainfall in parts of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi, details inside
IMD Weather forecast: The India Meteorological Department on Friday predicted rainfall in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and other states.
The IMD in its bulletin stated that the isolated pockets of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are likely to experience cold wave to severe cold wave conditions within the next 24 hours.
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It also predicted that the minimum temperatures may rise by 3-5 degrees Celsius over maximum parts of central and North India in the next 4-5 days.
Similarly, the IMD's weather forecast predicted that due to a Western Disturbance over the North Himalayan Region and its interaction with lower-level easterlies from the Bay of Bengal, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm and hailstorm may occur in parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh and northwest Madhya Pradesh in the next 48-72 hours.
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Meanwhile, it has also been observed that the cold wave conditions are likely over isolated areas of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours.
Likewise, dense to very dense fog is also likely in these isolated pockets. Some north Indian cities and regions have been facing freezing temperatures over the past two weeks as the mercury dropped to record-levels in some cities during New Year’s Eve.
-PTC News
