A contemporary western disturbance will affect Western Himalayan areas on January 8 and 9 and can probably deliver mild to reasonable rainfall over central and adjoining northwest India, together with Delhi, in response to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

With the potential of rain and thunderstorm in North India, the climate division has issued an orange alert for Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and elements of Rajasthan for Monday and Tuesday.

“A fresh rainfall spell likely over northwest and central India (with isolated thunderstorm/ hailstorm over east Rajasthan & west Madhya Pradesh) on January 8 and 9,” stated IMD in its bulletin on Sunday.

“There will be a temporary rise in maximum and minimum temperatures during this period. After the rain stops and the WD (western disturbance) moves away, temperatures are expected to drop again and we can expect cold wave conditions to set in over parts of northwest India,” stated M Mohapatra, director common, IMD.

Under its affect and its interplay with decrease degree easterly winds, mild remoted rainfall/snowfall is probably going over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand on January 9 and over plains of Northwest India and Central India on January 8 and 9, IMD has warned.

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IMD added that mild to reasonable rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning can also be very probably in some pockets in Maharashtra from January 7 to 9 and in Gujarat on January 8 and 9. “Isolated hailstorm is also likely in east Rajasthan on January 8 and 9 and in west Madhya Pradesh on January 8,” it stated.

Moreover, a light-weight to reasonable rainfall spell can also be probably in south Peninsular India with remoted heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu throughout the subsequent 4 days and over Kerala throughout the subsequent two days.

The IMD has warned of dense to very dense fog and chilly to extreme chilly day circumstances in Northwest India within the subsequent 24 hours which might progressively lower thereafter. Cold-day circumstances have already began abating from many elements of northwest India.

On Sunday, very dense fog with visibility under 50 metres was reported from pockets in Jammu, Punjab, north Haryana, Chandigarh, west Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, west Rajasthan and north Chhattisgarh.

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Dense to very dense fog circumstances are very more likely to prevail in evening/morning hours in some elements of Punjab and remoted pockets of Haryana-Chandigarh from January 7 to 9, stated IMD.

According to the IMD, minimal temperatures are within the vary of 6-9°C in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan; 10-12°C over elements of east Uttar Pradesh, relaxation elements of Rajasthan and northwest Madhya Pradesh.

It is above regular by 1-3°C over remoted pockets in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Rajasthan and in lots of pockets in west Uttar Pradesh, west Madhya Pradesh and 4-7°C above regular over many elements of east Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, the climate division stated.

Whereas, most temperatures are within the vary of 14-15°C in Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi and 16-18°C in north Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, it added.

It is under regular by 4-9°C in lots of elements of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.