Amid the chilly weather, a thick blanket of fog enveloped Delhi on Friday, affecting visibility in several areas.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), fog-shrouded isolated areas of Delhi and East Uttar Pradesh, while dense fog was observed in isolated pockets of Haryana, Rajasthan, and Jharkhand.
Earlier on February 1, the national capital experienced a minimum temperature of 12.3 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature reached 18.6 degrees Celsius.
As per the weather forecast agency, various areas in Delhi-NCR will experience ongoing light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms.
“Currently, thunderstorms with moderate-intensity rain are occurring in many places of Delhi,” IMD wrote on X.”It will occur over and adjoining areas of Delhi–Narela, Bawana, Alipur, Burari, Rohini, Karawal Nagarand NCR–Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Gurugram and Manesar,” the tweet added.
Fog conditions and wet spells in parts of the country
Dense to very dense fog conditions are very likely to prevail in morning hours over some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar till February 3.
Owing to a western disturbance, light to moderate rainfall/snowfall is likely over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand till February 5, 2024.
Further, scattered showers are predicted over Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Delhi today.
Isolated hailstorms are also likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and West Uttar Pradesh today.
Minimum temperature forecast
As per IMD, there will be significant changes in minimum temperatures likely over most parts of the country during the next 5 days. Besides, a fall by 2-3°C in minimum temperatures is predicted over many parts of Central & East India during 2 days and no significant change thereafter.