Delhi is more likely to face biting chilly circumstances over the subsequent 24 hours. (File)

New Delhi:

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a fog warning for the subsequent 5 days for a lot of north Indian states. Dense to very dense fog may be very probably in lots of pockets of Punjab and in just a few pockets over Haryana and Chandigarh within the subsequent 24 hours.

Dense fog is more likely to happen in remoted pockets over West Uttar Pradesh and North Rajasthan, IMD mentioned.

For Dec 27, dense to very dense fog may be very probably in some pockets over Punjab, based on IMD

However, dense fog may be very probably in remoted pockets of Haryana, Chandigarh and West Uttar Pradesh and would proceed for the remaining three days.

Delhi is more likely to face biting chilly circumstances over the subsequent 24 hours.

IMD mentioned: “Dense to very dense fog in many places very likely to continue over Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh in early morning hours of 25th December. Thereafter, dense fog in isolated pockets very likely to continue over these sub-divisions for subsequent 4 days.”

It additionally forecast: “Dense Fog in isolated pockets also very likely over Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, Assam and Tripura in early morning hours of 25th December; over Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan in the night and morning hours of 25th-26th December and decreases in intensity thereafter.

The IMD has predicted cold waves and cold day warning in several areas.

On Saturday, the Northern Railway informed that 14 Delhi-bound trains were running late, due to dense fog in the national capital region. On Friday too, dense fog engulfed North India bringing down visibility.