NewzVille Desk
Today Delhi saw a thick foggy condition early morning and it continued for some hours. Commuters faced problems riding vehicles as the visibility was very very poor. The cold wave conditions also intensified and will continue for 3-4 days as per the IMD Report.
A cyclonic circulation lies over Southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean in lower tropospheric levels. Under its influence,
Light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms, lightning very likely at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal on 18th and Kerala & Isolated heavy rainfall likely over Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and Kerala.
A Western Disturbance seen as a cyclonic circulation over Iran & neighbourhood in lower & middle tropospheric levels.
Under its influence, Isolated to scattered rainfall/snowfall activity likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-BaltistanMuzaffarabad on 16th; Uttarakhand on 15th & 16th; Himachal Pradesh during 15th-17th and Isolated rainfalla ctivity over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh on 15th; Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan on 15th & 16th and West Rajasthan on 15th January.
Thunderstorm activity at isolated places likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and West Uttar Pradesh on 15th January.
A fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect Western Himalayan Region from 18th January, 2025. Under its influence, Isolated to scattered rainfall/snowfall activity likely over Western Himalayan region during 18th-20th January.
Minimum temperatures are below 0°C over many parts of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh; 1-4°C over some parts of Himachal Pradesh; 4-10°C over many parts of Northwest & Central India;10-16°C over many parts of East & West India.
Today, the lowest minimum temperature of 4.6°C is reported at Rajgarh (West Madhya Pradesh) over the plains of the country.
During the past 24 hours, there has been fall in minimum temperatures by 1-5⁰C in many parts of Madhya Pradesh; in some parts over Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim; in isolated pockets of Gujarat State, Madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha and rise by 1-3⁰C in many parts of Odisha; in some parts of Gangetic West Bengal; in isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh and East Uttar Pradesh.
Minimum temperatures are below normal (-1°C to -3°C) at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh. These are appreciably above normal (3°C to 5°C) at many places over East Uttar Pradesh and Gangetic West Bengal; at a few places over Odisha, Tamilnadu Puducherry & Karaikal; at isolated places over Jharkhand, Madhya Maharashtra, North Interior Karnataka; above normal (1°C to 3°C) at many places over Telangana; at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Haryana Chandigarh & Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh , Assam & Meghalaya , Konkan & Goa, Saurashtra & Kutch and near normal over rest part of the country.
No significant change in minimum temperatures likely over Northwest India during next 24 hours and gradual rise by 2-3°C during subsequent 3 days.
Gradual rise in minimum temperatures by 2-3°C likely over Central India and Maharashtra during next 3 days and no significant change thereafter.
No significant change in minimum temperatures likely over East India and Gujarat State during next 5 days, very likely to continue to prevail during night/early morning hours in some parts of Uttarakhand; in isolated pockets of Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha till 15th;Himachal Pradesh,
Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura till 16th; Haryana, Chandigarh & East Rajasthan till 18th; Punjab till 19th; Uttar Pradesh during 16th-19th; West Rajasthan on 15th,17th& 18th January.
