Chilly conditions persist and dense fog enveloped the national capital affecting normal life. PTI photo
Parts of north India continued to reel under an intense cold wave with the mercury plummeting to minus 16.6 Degrees Celsius in Kargil as dense fog engulfed several regions including the national capital, disrupting train and flight services.
Jammu and Kashmir braces up for more cold as the Meteorological Department has said the prevalent dry weather in the Valley is likely to end, while predicting rain or snowfall for few days in the coming week.
There are chances of isolated rains in the Valley over two days from January 26, and possibility of scattered to widespread rainfall or snowfall over three days from January 28, the MeT official said.
In the national capital, while the mercury picked up a bit from yesterday's low of 4.6 Degrees Celsius, chilly conditions persisted and dense fog enveloped the city affecting normal life, and disrupted flight operations and led to cancellation of 50 Delhi-bound trains.
The minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 7.5 Degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season, while the maximum temperature dropped to settle at 16.3 Degrees Celsius, five notches below the season's average.
Fourteen trains of North Western Railways were running late in Rajasthan due to fog in parts of the state and neigbhouring regions while Mount Abu recorded the lowest temperature of 1.4 Degree Celsius last night, officials said today.
Punjab and Haryana also reeled under severe cold wave conditions, while dense fog hit normal life, with Amritsar shivering at 1.4 Degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal.
In Haryana, the minimum in Ambala and Hisar settled at 4.7 degrees Celsius and 7.6 degrees Celsius respectively. Karnal recorded a low of 5 degrees Celsius while Narnaul saw the mercury dip to 6.7 degrees Celsius.
The weather office in its forecast said dry conditions will continue in Punjab and Haryana, while dense fog will occur at some places across both states in the next 24 hours.
In Rajasthan's plains area, Udaipur shivered at 4.8 degree Celsius last night as the cold wave conditions persisted partially in parts of the state, a MeT official said.