snowfall in manali
There is a possibility of rain in the country’s capital Delhi on Thursday (26 December). Due to rain, the air level here may improve and the mercury may fall further in the areas around Delhi. The minimum temperature recorded in Delhi on Wednesday was 8.4 degrees Celsius. It may decrease further in the coming days. At the same time, due to fog in Rajasthan, normal life has been greatly affected. There is a possibility of cold and hailstorm along with fog in the coming days also. Cold may increase due to rain in Uttar Pradesh.
Partly cloudy sky is expected on Thursday and light rain is expected in the evening. Meteorological Department officials said that the minimum temperature in Delhi on Wednesday was recorded at 8.4 degrees Celsius, which is 1.5 degrees less than the average temperature of this season. He said that even on Christmas day, Delhi’s air quality remained in the “very poor” category. Delhi’s 24-hour air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 336 at 4 pm, which falls in the “very poor” category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi’s air quality remained in the “very poor” category for the second consecutive day. Earlier it was registered in “serious” category.
Dense fog forecast in Delhi
Humidity levels in Delhi were recorded between 67 percent and 100 percent. Meteorologists have predicted dense fog in the national capital during late night and morning on 25, 26 and 28 December. There is a possibility of partly cloudy sky in Delhi and light rain in the evening or night. The maximum and minimum temperatures in Delhi on Thursday are expected to be 23 and 7 degrees Celsius respectively.
134 roads closed due to snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
A total of 134 roads, including three national highways, have been closed following snowfall in various districts of Himachal Pradesh. Due to drop in minimum temperature, people have been shivering due to severe cold. Tabo in Lahaul and Spiti district was the coldest place in the state, where the night temperature was recorded at minus 10.6 degrees Celsius. A total of 134 roads, including three national highways including Attari and Leh, Sainj to Aut in Kullu district, Khab Sangam in Kinnaur district and Gramphu in Lahaul and Spiti district, were closed for traffic, officials said.
According to the State Emergency Operation Centre, Shimla district has the maximum number of 77 roads closed. Additionally, 65 transformers were disrupted, affecting power supply across the state. According to the Meteorological Department, there was 9.7 mm rainfall in Bhuntar, 9.4 mm in Rampur, 8.4 mm in Shimla, 8 mm in Bajaura, 7.2 mm in Seobag, 7 mm in Manali, 6 mm in Gohar, 5.4 mm in Mandi and 3.8 mm in Jubbarhatti. . The Meteorological Department has predicted rain and snowfall in some parts of the state, especially Shimla, from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.
Possibility of increase in cold in UP
There was no fog in entire Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday due to rain caused by western disturbance. Due to drizzle on Monday and Tuesday, there has been a significant drop in the temperature in the last 48 hours, due to which the cold has increased. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the weather cleared on Wednesday afternoon and this condition is likely to persist before the rains start again from December 27. On Wednesday, 0.5 mm rain was recorded in Lucknow due to which the day temperature dropped by 1.5 degree Celsius. Due to sunshine in the afternoon, the minimum temperature in this city was recorded at 14 degrees Celsius, due to which the weather remained pleasant for Christmas.
According to meteorologist Atul Kumar Singh, there is a possibility of further decline in the temperature from December 27 with a slight increase in the night temperature. He said that the weather will become colder from December 29 due to which there is a possibility of cold wave in the entire state during the day. He said the weather department has issued a warning to farmers to take necessary measures to protect crops from possible rain and hailstorm. Due to recent rains, air quality has also improved in various districts of the state. The air quality index (AQI) in Lucknow was recorded at 182, while it was 178 in Meerut, 109 in Prayagraj, 102 in Agra, 97 in Gorakhpur, 93 in Hapur and 78 in Kanpur.
dense fog in rajasthan
It is severe cold in most parts of Rajasthan where dense fog was seen in many areas on Wednesday morning. According to the Meteorological Department, in the last 24 hours, there was light rain at one place in eastern Rajasthan while fog and dense fog remained at many places. During this period, ‘cold day’ was recorded at some places in western Rajasthan. The lowest minimum temperature in the state last night was 6.6 degrees Celsius recorded in Pilani and Ganganagar. According to the Meteorological Center, Jaipur, due to a new western disturbance becoming active from December 26, there is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder in some parts of Udaipur, Ajmer, Kota, Jaipur, Bharatpur and Bikaner divisions.
The maximum impact of Western Disturbance is expected to be on 27th December and due to this, there will be thunder in some parts, rain and hailstorm at some places. On December 28, light rain is expected at isolated places in Kota and Bharatpur divisions and the weather is expected to remain mainly dry in most of the remaining parts. The weather will be dry in the state from December 29 and there will be dense fog at some places. There may be a drop in temperature during this period.
