The temperature drops to 6°C in Delhi, and Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are covered in thick fog. On Tuesday, the national capital of Delhi and its surrounding suburbs awoke to a chilly and misty morning with a low of just 6 degrees Celsius.
According to the India Meteorological Department’s forecast, a cold wave and dense fog are expected to prevail throughout the next several days in numerous portions of north India, including Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Uttar Pradesh (IMD).
“Dense to very dense fog at a few places in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and west Rajasthan,” said the weather bureau.
“Some areas in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and a few scattered locations in west Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are experiencing cold day to severe cold day conditions. There were scattered reports of thunderstorms, lightning, and hail in eastern Rajasthan.
As Delhi’s cold weather persists, people gather around the campfire to get warm. (Images courtesy of Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar)
Additionally, the meteorological service forecasted a new round of rain between January 8 and 10, with the possibility of thunderstorms or hailstorms over Northwest and Central India (Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh).
In the meanwhile, Delhi should see a partly cloudy sky with a chance of very light rain or drizzle.
According to the weather service, there will probably be moderate to thick fog in the morning. It is anticipated that the maximum and minimum temperatures will be approximately 17 and 6 degrees Celsius, respectively.
OFFICES CLOSED DUE TO FROST WAVE
Due to the bitterly cold weather in the nation’s capital, Delhi schools will be closed for the next five days, or till January 12, for pupils in Nursery through Class 5. This was announced on Sunday by Education Minister Atishi.
Delhi schools were scheduled to reopen on Monday, January 8, but have been closed since January 1 for winter vacation.
As this was going on, the Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration also declared that all of the Noida and Greater Noida schools would be closed from January 14 to January 14 for classes up to 8.
