New Delhi (NVI): Rain and thundershower activities are expected to commence over Western Himalayas particularly over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh tonight.
This is due to one of the strongest active Western Disturbance that is going to approach Western Himalayas by today evening, reports SkymetWeather.
There will be a gradual increase in rains by the evening of March 5, in parts of north India. Many parts of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi NCR will start receiving rains at that time. Few rainfall activities are also likely over Northwest Uttar Pradesh, according to SkymetWeather.
Due to the Western Disturbance phenomenon, icy cold winds from the snow-clad mountains of Himalayas are reaching up to Northwest India, thus resulting in a significant drop in the minimum temperatures.
Karnal in Haryana is the coldest city in the plains of India, with its morning temperature settling at 9.2 degrees Celsius.
Punjab’s Ludhiana and Amritsar recorded minimum temperature at 11 and 11.4 degrees Celsius respectively.
Ambala in Haryana and Patiala in Punjab recorded minimum temperature at 11.6 and 12.1 degrees Celsius respectively.
Apart from this Hisar in Haryana, Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, Raisen in Madhya Pradesh, Narnaul in Haryana and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh recorded minimum temperature at 12.3, 12.5, 12.6, 12.9 and 13.1 degrees Celsius respectively.
Meanwhile, Delhi and NCR region also saw a slight increase in minimum temperature to 14.4 degrees Celsius from 14.3 degrees Celsius recorded yesterday.
The maximum temperature today is expected to be around 28 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The overall air quality in the national capital today is in the “moderate” 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 155 which falls in the “moderate” category.
The IMD has said that no significant change in the temperature is expected in the rest of the country.
