By PTI
NEW DELHI: Frosty winds whipped the plains of north and northwest India on Sunday, bringing minimal temperatures all the way down to the vary of three to five levels Celsius in lots of areas. It goes to show even colder till western disturbances present some aid beginning Thursday.
At minus 4.7 levels Celsius, Fatehpur in Sikar district of Rajasthan recorded the bottom minimal temperature over the plains of northwest India. Punjab’s Faridkot shivered at minus one diploma Celsius.
The Met Office mentioned chilly wave to extreme chilly wave circumstances prevailed in components of Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and west Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
Many components of northwest and southeast Rajasthan recorded a minimal temperature within the vary of 1 to three levels Celsius.
Parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and southwest Uttar Pradesh recorded their minimal temperature within the vary of three to five levels Celsius, it mentioned.
Churu, situated close to the Thar desert, recorded the season’s lowest minimal temperature of minus 2.5 levels Celsius, in accordance with the information accessible on the India Meteorological Department (IMD) web site.
The mercury fell to 4.7 levels Celsius on the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s main climate station.
A chilly wave noticed the minimal temperature drop to 2.6 levels Celsius at Jafarpur, 3.8 levels Celsius at Lodhi Road, 3 levels Celsius at Ayanagar, and three.2 levels Celsius at Ridge within the nationwide capital.
The information accessible on the IMD’s web site confirmed that the Ujwa automated climate station (AWS) in southwest Delhi logged a minimal temperature of minus 0.1 levels Celsius. However, a senior IMD official mentioned the AWS “is not working”.
Delhi noticed an intense chilly wave spell from January 5 to January 9, the second longest within the month in a decade, in accordance with the IMD information. It has additionally recorded over 50 hours of dense fog this month to date, which is the best since 2019.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a minimal of 1.6 levels Celsius. Ludhiana, Patiala, Pathankot, Bathinda and Gurdaspur skilled chilly climate circumstances at 4.9, 4.2, 8, 1 and three.7 levels Celsius respectively.
Union Territory Chandigarh, the frequent capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded 6.7 levels Celsius.
Minimum temperatures have fallen by 4-7 levels Celsius over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, east Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh and northwest Madhya Pradesh, the IMD mentioned in an announcement, including there was no vital change within the remaining components of northwest India.
The climate bureau mentioned minimal temperatures are more likely to fall additional by about 2 levels Celsius over many components of northwest and central India until January 17-18 and chilly wave to extreme chilly wave circumstances are very seemingly over many components of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, and Delhi throughout this era.
“Ground Frost likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan from January 16 to 18,” it mentioned.
Night temperatures in most locations of Kashmir settled beneath the freezing level even because the climate workplace has forecast an additional dip within the minimal temperature over the following few days in view of dry climate Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.6 levels Celsius on Saturday evening – half a level down from the evening earlier than, they mentioned.
The minimal in Kupwara, a frontier district, settled at minus 1.3 levels Celsius, the officers mentioned.
Pahalgam in Anantnag district registered a low of minus 10.9 levels Celsius — down 5 levels Celsius from an evening earlier. It was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir.
The IMD mentioned minimal temperatures will step by step rise by 3 to five levels Celsius from January 18 to January 20 below the affect of a western disturbance.
When a western disturbance — a climate system characterised by heat moist winds from the Middle East — approaches a area, the wind path modifications. The chilly northwesterly winds from the mountains cease blowing, resulting in a rise in temperatures.
Weather will stay primarily dry throughout J-Okay until January 18. Fresh western disturbances are additionally more likely to have an effect on J-Okay from January 19 to 25. Light to reasonable rain or snow is probably going between January 23 and 24, it mentioned.
Large components of north and northwest India recorded below-normal most and minimal temperatures until January 10-11. This was because of a layer of dense fog that continued over the Indo-Gangetic plains through the interval and a big hole between two western disturbances, which meant frosty winds from the snow-clad mountains blew in for a longer-than-usual interval, in accordance with meteorologists.
In the plains, a chilly wave is asserted if the minimal temperature dips to 4 levels Celsius or when it’s 10 levels Celsius and 4.5 notches beneath regular.
A extreme chilly wave is when the minimal temperature dips to 2 levels Celsius or the departure from the conventional limits is by greater than 6.4 notches. A chilly day is when the minimal temperature is lower than or equal to 10 levels Celsius and the utmost temperature is no less than 4.5 notches beneath regular. A extreme chilly day is when the utmost temperature is no less than 6.5 notches beneath regular.
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NEW DELHI: Frosty winds whipped the plains of north and northwest India on Sunday, bringing minimal temperatures all the way down to the vary of three to five levels Celsius in lots of areas. It goes to show even colder till western disturbances present some aid beginning Thursday.
At minus 4.7 levels Celsius, Fatehpur in Sikar district of Rajasthan recorded the bottom minimal temperature over the plains of northwest India. Punjab’s Faridkot shivered at minus one diploma Celsius.
The Met Office mentioned chilly wave to extreme chilly wave circumstances prevailed in components of Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and west Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
Many components of northwest and southeast Rajasthan recorded a minimal temperature within the vary of 1 to three levels Celsius.
Parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and southwest Uttar Pradesh recorded their minimal temperature within the vary of three to five levels Celsius, it mentioned.
Churu, situated close to the Thar desert, recorded the season’s lowest minimal temperature of minus 2.5 levels Celsius, in accordance with the information accessible on the India Meteorological Department (IMD) web site.
The mercury fell to 4.7 levels Celsius on the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s main climate station.
A chilly wave noticed the minimal temperature drop to 2.6 levels Celsius at Jafarpur, 3.8 levels Celsius at Lodhi Road, 3 levels Celsius at Ayanagar, and three.2 levels Celsius at Ridge within the nationwide capital.
The information accessible on the IMD’s web site confirmed that the Ujwa automated climate station (AWS) in southwest Delhi logged a minimal temperature of minus 0.1 levels Celsius. However, a senior IMD official mentioned the AWS “is not working”.
Delhi noticed an intense chilly wave spell from January 5 to January 9, the second longest within the month in a decade, in accordance with the IMD information. It has additionally recorded over 50 hours of dense fog this month to date, which is the best since 2019.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a minimal of 1.6 levels Celsius. Ludhiana, Patiala, Pathankot, Bathinda and Gurdaspur skilled chilly climate circumstances at 4.9, 4.2, 8, 1 and three.7 levels Celsius respectively.
Union Territory Chandigarh, the frequent capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded 6.7 levels Celsius.
Minimum temperatures have fallen by 4-7 levels Celsius over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, east Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh and northwest Madhya Pradesh, the IMD mentioned in an announcement, including there was no vital change within the remaining components of northwest India.
The climate bureau mentioned minimal temperatures are more likely to fall additional by about 2 levels Celsius over many components of northwest and central India until January 17-18 and chilly wave to extreme chilly wave circumstances are very seemingly over many components of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, and Delhi throughout this era.
“Ground Frost likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan from January 16 to 18,” it mentioned.
Night temperatures in most locations of Kashmir settled beneath the freezing level even because the climate workplace has forecast an additional dip within the minimal temperature over the following few days in view of dry climate Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.6 levels Celsius on Saturday evening – half a level down from the evening earlier than, they mentioned.
The minimal in Kupwara, a frontier district, settled at minus 1.3 levels Celsius, the officers mentioned.
Pahalgam in Anantnag district registered a low of minus 10.9 levels Celsius — down 5 levels Celsius from an evening earlier. It was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir.
The IMD mentioned minimal temperatures will step by step rise by 3 to five levels Celsius from January 18 to January 20 below the affect of a western disturbance.
When a western disturbance — a climate system characterised by heat moist winds from the Middle East — approaches a area, the wind path modifications. The chilly northwesterly winds from the mountains cease blowing, resulting in a rise in temperatures.
Weather will stay primarily dry throughout J-Okay until January 18. Fresh western disturbances are additionally more likely to have an effect on J-Okay from January 19 to 25. Light to reasonable rain or snow is probably going between January 23 and 24, it mentioned.
Large components of north and northwest India recorded below-normal most and minimal temperatures until January 10-11. This was because of a layer of dense fog that continued over the Indo-Gangetic plains through the interval and a big hole between two western disturbances, which meant frosty winds from the snow-clad mountains blew in for a longer-than-usual interval, in accordance with meteorologists.
In the plains, a chilly wave is asserted if the minimal temperature dips to 4 levels Celsius or when it’s 10 levels Celsius and 4.5 notches beneath regular.
A extreme chilly wave is when the minimal temperature dips to 2 levels Celsius or the departure from the conventional limits is by greater than 6.4 notches. A chilly day is when the minimal temperature is lower than or equal to 10 levels Celsius and the utmost temperature is no less than 4.5 notches beneath regular. A extreme chilly day is when the utmost temperature is no less than 6.5 notches beneath regular.
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