After a couple of days of respite from biting cold, minimum temperatures are again likely to fall by 1 to 3 degrees C over Northwest and Central India during the next three days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its Tuesday bulletin that cold wave conditions are likely to set in over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh on December 22, it added. Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions over the same region is expected on December 23 and 24.
Cold day conditions are likely over some pockets of Bihar during the next three days and over East Uttar Pradesh during the next two days. Moderate to dense fog is likely in the morning hours at isolated pockets over Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi on December 23. Dense to very dense fog in the morning is expected in isolated pockets over the same region from December 24 to 26.
The Met Office forecast also predicted ground frost conditions for Gilgit Baltistan region of PoK. Moderate to dense fog is also predicted during the period, it said.
“Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions at isolated pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and West UP on December 23 and 24”, the IMD said. Severe cold conditions continued unabated in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday, as the IMD another spell of rain and snow between Saturday and Sunday, December 26-27.