North India Witness Cold Weather, Fog
- 09-Dec-2020
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Kashmir Receives Snowfall For Second Day
The higher reaches of Kashmir received snowfall for the second day on Tuesday, while the plains were lashed by rains, the meteorological department said.
Meanwhile, the weather department issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain and snowfall in Himachal Pradesh.
Delhi's minimum temperature dropped to 9.5 degrees Celsius as a blanket of fog covered the national capital, affecting visibility Tuesday morning.
The Safdarjung and Palam weather stations in Delhi recorded a visibility of 300 metres due to "moderate" fog at 8:30 am as per the information of India Meteorological Department (IMD).The mercury is likely to dip further with the wind direction changing to westerly-northwesterly. These icy cold winds blow from snow-laden western Himalayas towards the plain, the report said.
Moreover, in Haryana and Punjab, the minimum temperatures hovered above normal limits with Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, recording a low of 11.5 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department was quoted as saying.
Very dense fog covered parts of Uttar Pradesh, where Churk was the coldest at 8.3 degrees Celsius. Lucknow recorded a minimum temperature of 12.4 degrees Celsius.
