Snowfall is likely in Jammu & Kashmir from tonight. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand would also receive rain and snowfall during the next two days. Northeast monsoon or the winter monsoon has ended in the southern Peninsula.
A Western Disturbance is expected over Jammu & Kashmir during the next 24 hours. Snowfall and rain are likely at one or two places during the period. They will increase thereafter adding to a few more places in Jammu & Kashmir. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand would also receive rain and snowfall when the Western Disturbance comes closer to this region. Rain is also expected at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana during the next 48 hours.
The Western Disturbance will stop cool and dry northerly winds so temperatures are expected to rise by 2 to 3 degrees during the next 48 hours. The skies in northwest India will become partly cloudy at times during the next two days.
Central and east India will also experience a rise in maximum and minimum temperatures during this period. The existing cold wave conditions may abate for the next two to three days under the influence of Western Disturbance. Foggy conditions over east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar will reduce further but north Uttar Pradesh may still witness shallow to moderate fog during the next 48 hours.
In the southern Peninsula, the wind pattern has changed as the northeasterly winds that are responsible for rain in the south have been cut off as more straight winds have started to reach this region. So due to the absence of moisture, rain would cease indicating an end to the winter monsoon this year.
Photograph by rajkumar1220
