The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted a fall in temperature by three to five degree Celsius over most parts of northwest India during the next four days after snow falls in Jammu and Kashmir and Himalayan region. Parts of northern India experienced snowfall on Sunday, leading to temperatures below ‘zero’ degrees Celsius in Jammu and Kashmir. Cold weather conditions prevailed in many parts North West India.
“There will be no significant change in minimum temperatures over most parts of Central and East India during the next two-three days and then fall by two-four degrees Celsius thereafter’, the IMD said.
According to IMD, during the next 24 hours, “cold day to severe cold day conditions” are very likely at a few places over Punjab, and “cold day conditions” are very likely at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh, and northwest Rajasthan.
The IMD said the ski-resort of Gulmarg registered minus 7.6 degrees Celsius and was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir. Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 3.2 degrees Celsius, while the night temperature in Kokernag settled at minus 2.3 degrees Celsius. Mercury dipped below freezing point in Mount Abu, the sole hill station of Rajasthan, where the night temperature was 0.4 degrees Celsius. In the plains, Sikar was the coldest place with a minimum of 4.5 degrees Celsius. Hisar in Haryana recorded a low of 6.2 degrees Celsius. In Punjab, Amritsar experienced a cold night at 5.6 degrees Celsius.
“Dense fog very likely in isolated pockets over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, northwest Rajasthan, northwest Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sub Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura on December 14,” the IMD said.