New Delhi: The effect of heavy snowfall in the northern mountains for the last few days is visible in the plains as well. The range of cold air has increased. Snowfall is expected to continue in the mountains for the next one or two days. Due to its effect, the temperature will fall for a week from Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Bihar and Jharkhand will also not remain ineffective. Due to cold winds, the minimum temperature of Delhi on Wednesday fell below five degrees Celsius for the first time this season.
The strong western disturbance has made all the difference in the weather. This has resulted in rain and snowfall over a large area. Due to this, the temperature in many areas dropped below five degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature in the country on Wednesday was 1.8 degrees Celsius in Churu, Rajasthan. Along with some areas of Punjab and Haryana bordering eastern Rajasthan, the temperature of Ayanagar in Delhi has also gone below three degrees. This situation is cold.
Till two days ago everyone was waiting for winter. Winter may have come a little late, but it came right. The last time the minimum temperature in the first two weeks of December fell below five degrees was in 2011. Last year there was no snowfall for the whole decade. Snowfall occurred in the first week of January. A low pressure area has formed in the Bay of Bengal, which is gradually deepening. Due to its effect, it may remain cloudy at isolated places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh for the next two days. However, these will not be very effective. There will also be a possibility of rain at some places.
cold wave warning
The Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a cold wave warning in some areas of North India. Frost may also occur at some places. IMD has issued a cold wave alert from Leh-Ladakh to Jammu-Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Western Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh for the next 24 hours. There may be snowfall in the plains of Himachal. IMD estimates that due to drop in temperature in the plains, there may be snowfall in the next one or two days. There will be no snowfall in the low lying areas of Uttarakhand, but there will be snowfall in the mountains.