Heavy snowfall is expected at one or two places over Jammu & Kashmir during the next 48 hours as the expected Western Disturbance has arrived. Light to moderate rain and snow is expected at many places over hills of J&K and at a few places over Himachal Pradesh during next 24 hours, thereafter weather would be dry.
The relatively warm and moist winds from the Mediterranean Sea would cut off the northerly winds for a period of about 48 hours to bring relief from existing cold wave conditions over northwestern parts of the country as minimum temperatures would raise by 2 to 3 degrees during this period.
Winds of east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar will blow from the westerly direction. These westerly winds will turn over west Bengal and would then blow from north. Temperatures of Bihar and adjoining east India have risen during the last two days. Day temperatures will remain stable. But marginal fall in minimum temperatures is expected. Moderate to dense fog would continue over east India. Jharkhand and Orissa will not be affected by fog. These states will have mist or haze in morning hours.
Cold wave conditions over central and adjoining east India would abate a bit during the next 24 hours as winds have turned southeasterly. Day and night temperatures are expected to be rise by 2 to 3 degrees during this period.
In the south, the easterly wave is affecting the weather in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. A few places in coastal Tamil Nadu and one or two places in south Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala could receive rain during the next 24 hours.