Weather: As winter maintains its grip, many parts of northern India are experiencing minimum temperatures in the range of 6-10°C. This meteorological phenomenon is notably normal to above normal in the northern regions, except Haryana and Delhi, where temperatures are below normal by 2-3°C. Notably, Karnal in Haryana reported the lowest minimum temperature at 5.4°C recently.
Weather Systems and Forecast:
A Western Disturbance, identified as a trough in the middle tropospheric westerlies, extends roughly along Long. 65°E to the north Lat. 32°N. This disturbance has induced a cyclonic circulation over southwest Rajasthan and adjoining Pakistan in lower tropospheric levels. The impact of these weather systems is as follows:
- Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, HP (Himachal Pradesh), & Uttarakhand:
- Expect light to moderate widespread to fairly widespread rainfall/snowfall on the 4th, accompanied by thunderstorms, gusty winds, and hailstorms at isolated places.
- Conditions will decrease to isolated to scattered rainfall/snowfall on the 5th of February, with dry weather thereafter.
- Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi & Rajasthan:
- Anticipate light to moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall, thunderstorms, gusty winds, and hailstorms at isolated places on the 4th.
- The weather will continue over Uttar Pradesh on the 4th & 5th February.
- Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur & Tripura:
- Light to moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/snowfall is likely during the 4th to 6th February.
- Isolated to scattered rainfall is expected over these regions on the 5th & 6th February.
Dense Fog Warning and Cold Day Conditions:
- Dense to very dense fog conditions are likely in the morning hours in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi on the 5th & 6th of February.
- Dense fog conditions are expected in isolated pockets of Odisha, Assam & Meghalaya, and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on the 4th & 5th of February.
- Cold day conditions are anticipated in isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh on the 4th of February.
Stay updated on these weather forecasts to make informed decisions and brace for the winter chill across these northern regions.
Source: India Meteorological Department
