Starting today an intense spell of rainfall/snowfall activity is likely over the western Himalayan region & plains of Northwest India till February 21.
Hilly regions like Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand will witness heavy snowfall and rainfall today and tomorrow.
The change in weather in the western Himalayan region is due to two western disturbances, one as a trough in middle tropospheric westerlies and another as a cyclonic circulation lies over north Pakistan & neighborhood in lower levels.
Hailstorm activity is very likely at isolated places over Jammu division and Himachal Pradesh today and over Uttarakhand till February 20.
Rainfall in several states
Scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall is very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and West Uttar Pradesh until Feb 21.
Isolated light/moderate rainfall over north Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and West Uttar Pradesh is also predicted.
Scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall/snowfall with thunderstorms & lightning are likely over Northeast India from Feb 20 to 23.
Cloudy and misty conditions in Delhi today
The weather department has predicted rain or thundershowers in the national capital on Monday, generally cloudy skies, and moderate rain or drizzle on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The IMD has forecast partly cloudy and misty conditions in Delhi on Monday morning, with the minimum temperature likely to settle at 9 degrees Celsius and the maximum at 27 degrees Celsius.
On Sunday, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 26.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Minimum temperature forecast
A gradual rise in minimum temperatures by 2-4°C is very likely over East India during the next 3 days and no significant change after that. A rise in minimum temperatures by 3-4°C is also likely over Northwest India during the next 2 days and no significant change after that. No significant change in minimum temperatures is likely over Central India during the next 5 days.