Weather update and forecast for January 21 across India

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Two active western disturbances will impact Northwest India from the night of January 21.
• Widespread rain and snowfall are likely over the Western Himalayas between January 22 and 24.
• Light to moderate rain is expected across Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
• Dense fog will continue in isolated parts of Punjab till January 20.

The weather system over the country:

The western disturbance is seen as a cyclonic circulation over North Punjab at 3.1 km above mean sea level.

The induced cyclonic circulation is over North East Rajasthan and adjoining areas.

Two intense western disturbances in quick succession are likely to affect the Western Himalayas and adjoining Northwest India from the night of January 21.

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The subtropical westerly jet stream, with core winds of the order of 130 knots at 12.6 km above mean sea level, prevails over northwest India.

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Weather Activity in the last 24 hours:

During the last 24 hours, light to moderate rain occurred at many places over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and at a few places over East Rajasthan.

Weather remained dry over the rest of the country.

Dense fog conditions occurred in isolated pockets of Assam and Meghalaya, and moderate fog occurred in parts of Punjab, Bihar, Haryana, Delhi, and Saurashtra and Kutch.

Minimum temperature dropped by 2 to 3 degrees over parts of Haryana and North Rajasthan.

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Forecast for the next 24 hours:

During the next 24 hours, isolated light to moderate rain and snowfall may occur over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad on January 20 and 21.

Fairly widespread rain and snowfall are expected over the Western Himalayas between January 22 and 24.

Isolated heavy falls are possible over the Kashmir Valley on January 22 and 23 and higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh on January 23.

Scattered light to moderate rain may occur over Punjab between January 22 and 25.

Isolated to scattered light to moderate rain may occur over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and West Uttar Pradesh between January 22 and 25, and over Rajasthan on January 22 and 23.

Dense fog conditions are expected in the morning and night hours in isolated pockets of Punjab until January 20.

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