The trouble will increase with the severe cold for the next 4 days, there will be rain in the states; IMD issued a warning
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality (AQI) of the national capital Delhi has also been recorded ‘very poor’ on Sunday. Apart from this, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted cloudy sky with light rain in Delhi on Sunday. There is a possibility of rain in many states in the next 5 days.
Fog expected in many states
According to IMD, light to moderate fog was observed over isolated parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Northwest Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Tripura. On the other hand, there was very dense fog with visibility 00 in Bathinda- Punjab and 25 meters in Ganganagar in North West Rajasthan. The Meteorological Department said that the maximum and minimum temperatures in Delhi are likely to be around 22 and 8 degrees Celsius respectively on Sunday.
Chances of hailstorm in these states
Along with this, the Meteorological Department has warned that a cyclonic circulation is located 3.1 km above sea level over West Assam and neighboring areas. Under its influence, light rain may occur over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during the next 5 days. Due to its impact, isolated thunderstorms, lightning and hailstorm are very likely over Assam and Meghalaya and Nagaland and Manipur during the next 24 hours.
Toxic air is blowing in Delhi-NCR
The average air quality index in Delhi is 398. At the same time, AQI 377 was recorded in Noida adjacent to Delhi. Similarly, there were 355 in Gurugram and 488 in Ghaziabad. The AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, between 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, between 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, between 201 and 300 ‘poor’, between 301 and 400 as ‘very poor’. And 401 and 500 are considered ‘serious’.
Chance of rain in Odisha
After being hit by a cold wave in Odisha last week, now the state may see a drop in temperature again due to rain in the next few days. IMD gave this information on Sunday. The Bhubaneswar Meteorological Center said in a bulletin that the minimum temperature has increased in many areas in Odisha. The temperature in six areas was recorded below 10 degree Celsius. The bulletin said that light to moderate rain or thundershowers are expected at some places in Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar during 24 hours from Monday morning.
Rain expected to drop mercury in some areas of Rajasthan
According to the Meteorological Department, a new Western Disturbance will be active from December 26. Due to its effect, there is a strong possibility of light and moderate rain with thundershowers at isolated places in the districts of Bikaner, Jaipur and Ajmer divisions of the state from 26 to 28 December. During this, the day temperature may drop by four to five degrees Celsius.
Mercury dropped due to rain and snowfall in Kashmir
The Meteorological Department has forecast light to moderate rain and snowfall in the Union Territory for the next two days from Sunday. The officers provided this information. The minimum temperature dropped across the valley on Friday night except in Qazigund, officials said.
