North India sees cold wave warning

Dense fog engulfs the roads of the capital on Saturday. Pic/PTI

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that the lowest minimum temperature of 3C0 was reported at Narnaul (Haryana), Ayanagar (Delhi) and Kanpur (East Uttar Pradesh). The IMD said that cold wave to severe cold wave conditions are very likely to continue in some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi till January 15 and cold wave conditions in isolated pockets on January 16.

The IMD also warned that cold wave to severe cold wave conditions are likely over plains of Northwest India during next three days and improve thereafter. It said that minimum temperatures are in the range of 3 to 7C0 over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, north Madhya Pradesh and in some parts Rajasthan and in isolated pockets of Bihar while in the range of 8 to 10C0 over many parts of south Rajasthan.

"These are below normal by 1C to 2C0 in many parts of North and adjoining Central India except over Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan where these are normal to above normal," said the IMD. The IMD also predicted that dense to very dense fog conditions are very likely to prevail for a few hours at night/morning in some/many parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi till January 16 and dense fog in isolated pockets on January 17.

The bulletin also predicted that ground frost conditions over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Rajasthan on Saturday and Sunday.

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