Fresh Western Disturbance to bring isolated rain and snow in hills of North India

A fresh Western Disturbance is likely to start affecting North India from December 21 evening onwards. The feeble system would bring isolated rain and snow in the hilly states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The plains will not receive any precipitation but the system could change the wind pattern across the northern plains. Icy cold northwesterly winds will be replaced by moist southeasterly winds, which will thicken the envelope of fog in North India.

Delhi was spared from dense fog on Saturday morning, only Dwarka and Laxmi Nagar witnessed shallow fog. Visibility at the Palam airport was fairly good at 1000 meters. Amritsar was better than yesterday as visibility was 250 meters today as compared to 50 meters yesterday. Chandigarh also witnessed visibility reducing to 100 meters. Up in the hills, visibility reduced to 400 meters in Jammu.

As has been reiterated by Skymet, cold day conditions have tightened the grip over North India as day temperatures remain 7°C to 11°C below the normal average. Icy cold northwesterly winds blowing across North India dragged temperatures down by several notches. Similar conditions will continue for at least the next 48 hours. Only very strong winds or rain could disperse the envelope of clouds in North India.

Here’s a look at the maximums recorded on the 19^th and minimums on the 20^th of December in Punjab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a look at the maximums recorded on the 19^th and minimums on the 20^th of December in Haryana.