New Delhi: Dense fog coated a number of elements of north India as mercury dropped beneath freezing level in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. India Meteorological Division (IMD) predicted ‘chilly day’ circumstances in lots of elements of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and in remoted pockets of Uttar Pradesh on December 29, 30 and 31 because the area noticed no respite from the chilly climate.
As per the climate workplace, dense to very dense fog circumstances are very more likely to proceed in most locations over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh for the subsequent three days. Few pockets over north Rajasthan and Bihar can even witness comparable climate circumstances from December 29-31.
The climate workplace has additionally issued dense fog warning for 30 districts in Uttar Pradesh. As per IMD, 30 districts, together with Lucknow, will witness dense fog, particularly at night time and morning on Saturday and Sunday.
Whereas visibility improved in elements of Delhi on Friday, it dropped to round 50 metres in Rourkela, Gaya and Patna.
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The utmost temperature settled at 19.8 levels Celsius within the nationwide capital, a notch beneath the season’s common, whereas the minimal temperature hovered round 10.7 levels Celsius, 4 notches above regular.
Eleven Delhi-bound trains have been delayed because of the fog on Friday, information company PTI reported.
Underneath the affect of a feeble Western Disturbance, IMD predicted gentle remoted rainfall and snowfall over Jammu and Kashmir on December 29, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on December 30 and 31.
As a consequence of lower-level easterly winds from Bay of Bengal, gentle remoted rainfall is probably going over Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh from December 31 to January 2, as per IMD.
Mild to average remoted to scattered rainfall may be very possible over Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep within the subsequent three days because of a contemporary easterly wave.