Cold wave warning extended till Jan 22 in north India

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Cold wave warning extended till Jan 22 in north India

Tuesday, 19 January 2021 | PNS | New Delhi

North India will continue to reel under the grip of an intense cold wave for a few more days. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday extended the cold wave warning in north India till January 22.

According to the IMD, change in wind direction from easterly to westerly/north westerly is likely to bring down  minimum temperature by 2 to 4 degree Celsius during the next three days and after that rise by 2-4 degree Celsius over the northwest India.

RK Jenamani, the senior scientist, IMD, said that the warning for the cold wave in North India has been extended till January 22. Earlier, the IMD had issued a cold wave warning for January 13-15 and then extended it till January 18. A few days back, the weather bureau had issued a cold wave warning for 13-15 January and then extended it till 18 January. A cold day is when the minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum is at least 4.5 degrees Celsius below normal.

However, Jenamani said that the dense fog spread across northern plains in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will begin lifting from Tuesday. Dense fog will begin lifting from Tuesday over northern plains in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. This will lead to hotter days and colder nights.

“A fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect Western Himalayan Region from 22nd January. Under the influence of its interaction with low level easterlies from 23rd January; scattered to widespread rain/snow likely over Western Himalayan Region during 22nd-24th January,” the IMD said in a tweet.

“Under the influence of lower level wind reversal from easterly to westerly/northwesterly, Cold Wave conditions likely in isolated pockets over East Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi during 18th-20th and West Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan during 19th-21st January, 2021,” the IMD said.

In Rajasthan, the night temperatures dipped to near-zero, and Pilani recorded a temperature of 0.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Churu, which witnessed a temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, dense fog could be witnessed in parts of Uttar Pradesh as major cities such as Agra, Kanpur and Jhansi recorded below six degrees Celsius temperatures, significantly below season's normal. Moderate fog is expected over isolated places in the state over Tuesday and Wednesday. In Punjab and Haryana too, the temperatures remained below normal levels. Bathinda recorded 3.4 degrees Celsius, while Gurdaspur and Faridkot witnessed 7 and 5.5 degrees Celsius respectively. Chandigarh recorded a low temperature of 8.3 degrees Celsius.

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