New Delhi (NVI): As temperature drops in most of the parts in north India, Karnal in Haryana is the coldest place in the plains where the minimum temperature was recorded at 2.3 degrees celsius today, according to Skymet Weather.
Right from Indo-Gangetic plains up to the central parts of the country, there has been a significant drop in temperature due to icy cold winds from the Himalayas.
Apart from this, Ludhiana and Patiala in Punjab recorded 4.6 degrees Celsius each. Hisar in Haryana and Barelli in Uttar Pradesh both shivered at 4.8 degrees celsius.
While, Rohtak in Haryana witnessed a minimum temperature of 5.0 degrees celsius. Amritsar in Punjab saw a minimum temperature of 5.1 degrees celsius.
In Haryana’s Ambala and Rajasthan’s Churu, the mercury settled at 5.4 degrees celsius.
The cold Himalayan winds which sweep across the plains have still maintained the chill in many plain areas in these states.
The region of Vidarbha in Maharashtra is receiving light to moderate rains and thundershowers for the last many days, according to Skymet Weather.
However, the weather over rest all parts of Maharashtra is running dry. Soon, this is going to change as the rains will now shift southwards and cover more parts of Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, the national capital region Delhi and NCR region also shiver due to the cold wave as the minimum temperature dropped to 6.1 degrees from 6.3 degrees Celsius recorded yesterday.
The maximum temperature today is expected to be around 20.0 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Some parts of north India like Uttrakhand, Punjab, and Haryana also witnessed Dense fog in isolated parts.
The IMD has also predicted that due to confluence between easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal and westerly winds at lower tropospheric levels, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is expected over East India and over central India for next two days.
The weatherman has forecast that in North India there will be a fall in minimum temperature by 2 to 3 degrees but in west India, there is no significant change is expected in minimum and maximum temperatures during the next two to three days.
“The shallow to moderate fog is expected likely over northeast India,” it added.
The overall air quality in the national capital today is in the “poor” category.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital stood at 249 which falls in the “poor” category.
