Rains are expected in some parts of the region in next 48 hours. According to the Met Department, rain is likely at isolated places during 48 hours and weather is likely to be dry thereafter in Punjab and Haryana.
Dense to very dense fog (visibility less than 50 metres) is likely at a few places during next two days in both Haryana and Punjab, said a Met official. A thick blanket of fog continued to envelope several places in Haryana and Punjab on Friday morning, disrupting road and rail traffic in the region. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature of hill destinations like Shimla and Dharamshala continued to be higher than in Chandigarh, Narnaul, Karnal, Amritsar and other places in the region. The minimum temperature in Himachal Pradesh on Friday was recorded upto six degrees above the season’s average owing to long sunny hours. Himachal’s capital Shimla, located around 7,000 feet above the sea level, recorded minimum temperature at 12.1 degree Celsius, six notches above normal while Dharamshala’s low was recorded at 10.2 degree, up by two notches from normal. Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest city in the region with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.5 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded a minimum temperature of 9.2 degrees Celsius.