Severe cold wave conditions persist over North India
New Delhi, December 28: As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cold day conditions, cold waves, very dense fog and low visibility sweep over North India with minimum temperature of 7.8 degree Celsius.
Cold day conditions are likely to abate over northwest India from Wednesday and then resurge from December 31.
Also Read: Heavy snow in Japan kills 17, several injured
According to RK Jenamani, fresh cold wave conditions shall prevail again from December 31 to January 1, 2023.
"Dense to very dense fog will continue to prevail in the belt. There will be an improvement on Dec 29 because of a western disturbance that will bring fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Leh and Himachal Pradesh. There will be drizzle in north Punjab on Dec 29," he added,
Over North India, 4.0 degree Celsius temperature was recorded and cold waves still prevails in several parts of North India.
Amid a cold wave prevailing in parts of northern India, Palam in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 7.8 degrees Celsius while Safdarjung recorded a minimum temperature of 8.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.
The IMD has predicted that the minimum temperature in the national capital is expected to remain around 7 degrees Celsius throughout the day.
Meanwhile, North India reeled under a cold wave and foggy conditions, disrupting normal life. A layer of dense fog was observed in the national capital region, reducing the visibility and the speeds of vehicles across several states.
Visibility remained low in Punjab, with Amritsar recording visibility of upto 25 metres and Patiala 200. While Bhatinda recorded zero visibility once more.
Haryana too recorded low visibility. While Ambala recorded a low of 200, visibility in Chandigarh was also 200 metres.
Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly recorded 25m and Bahraich recorded 200m. Bihar's Purnea and Odisha's Gopalpur recorded a low of 50m each.
IMD predicted "dense to very dense fog very likely to continue over many parts of Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi".
"Due to prevailing light wind and high moisture in lower tropospheric levels, dense to very dense fog is very likely to continue over many parts of Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and in isolated pockets over north Rajasthan during the next 24 hours. Its intensity and spread are likely to reduce thereafter," the IMD said.
Meanwhile, cold day and severe cold day is mainly over south Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh. Day temperatures improved over north Punjab, north Haryana and North Rajasthan.
- ANI
