Temperatures are expected to fall by 2 to 3 degrees over northwest India during the next 24 hours. Snowfall and rain would occur over Jammu & Kashmir during the next two to three days. Dense fog is expected in some areas over Indo-Gangetic plains during the next two days. Rain will occur in the northeast within next three days.
The Western Disturbance over east Jammu & Kashmir will move out of the region during the next few hours. This will lead to resumption of northerly winds that would bring the mercury down by 2 to 3 degrees during the next 24 hours. Maximum temperatures would fall, as there would be more heat radiation due to openness in the sky. The morning temperatures would fall as icy winds originating from the snowfall areas would penetrate the northwest region during the next 24 hours.
But after a short period of fall in temperatures, they would again rise by 15th January night onwards as another Western Disturbance lying over north Pakistan will make an appearance over Jammu & Kashmir. Snowfall or rain would again start in the higher altitude regions and the plains respectively after the next 24 hours.
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand could also have snowfall in the higher altitude and rain in the lower region during the next 72 hours as the Western Disturbance over Jammu & Kashmir will move closer to them. The plains in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and west Uttar Pradesh could receive rain at one or two places under partly cloudy skies at times during this period.
Temperatures will again rise under the influence of the Western Disturbance in the region during this period. Maximum would rise due to less heat radiation while the night temperatures will rise due to the northerly winds being cut off after the next 24 hours.
In Indo-Gangetic plains, the mix up of prevalent northerly slow winds with moist easterly winds will form foggy conditions during morning hours. Dense fog could be witnessed in some areas during the next two days.
