The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned about fresh snowfall with rain in Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and other parts of North India on January 5. Scattered rain with snowfall is predicted in these regions from January 2 to January 4. This might continue till January 6. Also, there will be development of cold day conditions in Northwest plains and Central India with moderate isolated showers.

Regions to face cold weather and dense fog

IMD notified that dense fog will occur in areas of Haryana, Odisha, Punjab and Chandigarh till early morning today. It is anticipated in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim and Madhya Pradesh for the next 24 hours. While, in the northeastern regions of Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Assam and Meghalaya till January 6. Northeast will also face ground frost weather till tomorrow.

Similarly, isolated cold day conditions will be observed in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The northwest India will have a rise in the minimum temperatures by two to three degrees in the coming five days. The central and eastern India will face a temperature change probably after three days.

Fresh snowfall in Himachal Pradesh

According to the Met Department, the mid and high-hill areas of Himachal Pradesh are likely to receive fresh snowfall and downpour from today. The snowfall can intensify from January 4 to January 7. Heavy rain will follow between January 5 and January 6. The low hill areas and plains will continue with the dry weather.

The weather was dry yesterday, however cold wave was observed in Sundernagar, dense fog in Kangra and Mandi and a moderate fog in Una. Temperature will fall by 4-5 degrees.

Weather in Delhi/NCR

There will be a partly cloudy weather in the national capital with moderate fog and smog. The regions in the outskirts will have dense fog in the morning. At the time of evening and night, smog along with shallow fog will be there. Delhi is already experiencing intense cold weather conditions since three days. Rain and thunderstorms might hit the NCR region.

These significant changes in weather are caused due to western disturbances. According to the IMD, the western disturbance can be seen as a cyclonic circulation over East Afghanistan in lower tropospheric levels. Due to which, isolated to scattered rainfall/snowfall is expected in the Western Himalayan region. Thus, the weather is likely to intensify for a couple of days with snow and rainfall in the north and cold waves in other regions.