As cold waves continue to batter the country’s northern region, dense to very dense fog conditions are likely to stay over some parts of northwest & east India for the next 2 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated.

Severe cold-day conditions are very likely in many parts of Punjab, and Haryana on January 4 and January 5, and cold-day conditions in isolated pockets on Jan 5, IMD mentioned while adding that a few places in Uttar Pradesh, and east Rajasthan will see chilly weather.

Further, fog conditions are very likely to prevail during night & morning hours in some parts of Punjab, Bihar, Tripura, Madya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh on January 04 and January 05, the weather forecast agency mentioned. 

According to the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) New Delhi, dense to very dense fog and cold day to severe cold day conditions at isolated places are likely in Delhi, Haryana, and Chandigarh till January 6.

Isolated pockets of hilly regions like Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, and Himachal will see dense fog conditions for a few hours in the morning hours.

Minimum temperatures

The Minimum temperatures are in the range of 6-9°C over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. East Uttar Pradesh, north Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim will see temperatures between the range of 10-12°C. Notably, these are above normal conditions by 2-4°C over many parts of India. 

As per IMD, the rise of 2-3°C in minimum temperatures is also likely over many parts of central & east India during the next 3 days. Northern regions will see no significant change in minimum temperatures during the next 5 days

Rainfall update 

Under the influence of the above low-pressure area over the southeast Arabian Sea, light to moderate rainfall at some places is very likely over south Tamil Nadu, north & south Kerala, and Lakshadweep during the next 3-4 days. 

Further, isolated heavy rainfall is predicted in Lakshadweep on January 4 and 5. Light isolated rainfall is also likely over Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh during next 2 days.