Under the influence of a Western Disturbance, a wet spell is likely over the Western Himalayan region during the next seven days, with the possibility of isolated heavy rainfall or snowfall over the Kashmir Valley on January 22-23 and over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on January 23, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
The IMD added that isolated to scattered rainfall is expected over the adjoining plains of northwest India from January 22 to 24.
Dense fog conditions are very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh during the next two to three days. On Tuesday morning, very dense fog was reported in parts of Haryana and West Rajasthan, while dense fog prevailed in isolated pockets of Punjab, West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, and Meghalaya.
Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions persisted in some areas of Himachal Pradesh, while cold wave conditions were observed in isolated pockets over Punjab. Ground frost was recorded in isolated pockets of Uttarakhand.
Minimum temperatures recorded during the past 24 hours (till 8:30 am on Tuesday) were:
- 1–4°C at a few places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
- 5–9°C at many places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi, and at a few places over Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
The lowest minimum temperature of 2.8°C was recorded at Amritsar.
Temperature anomalies were noted as follows:
- Above normal (2°C to 5°C) over Central India, adjoining Western India, Haryana, East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, and Meghalaya
- Below normal (-2°C to -4°C) at isolated places over Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Rayalaseema, and Tamil Nadu
- Near normal over the rest of the country
The IMD also reported that an upper air cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring areas in lower tropospheric levels. An intense Western Disturbance is expected to affect Northwest India from the night of January 21.
Additionally, an upper air cyclonic circulation lies over the southeast Bay of Bengal in middle tropospheric levels, and another lies over northeast Assam and neighbouring areas in lower tropospheric levels.
The subtropical westerly Jet Stream, with core winds of about 130 knots at 12.6 km above mean sea level, is currently prevailing over North India, the IMD added. (Agencies)
