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Cold wave intensifies UP
The cold wave intensified in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday with icy winds causing temperatures to drop further, the weather office said.
Snow wallops US Midwest as it braces for extreme cold
The US Midwest dug out from a snowstorm that closed schools and businesses, as millions braced for dangerous sub-zero temperatures that could shatter records. School districts in Minnesota and Wisconsin cancelled classes and government offices, universities and businesses shuttered, with the mercury expected to drop to a polar -40 Celsius. "Dangerously cold and potentially record breaking temperatures and wind chills are expected by Tuesday and Wednesday," National Weather Service (NWS) said Monday. "The arctic air, together with brisk winds, can lead to dangerously cold wind chill values." In Wisconsin, where nearly a foot (30 centimeters) of snow was measured in one location, Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency, freeing up the Wisconsin National Guard for emergency work, if needed. In North and South Dakota, peak wind gusts were measured at 60-70 miles (96-113 kilometers) per hour. More than 1,000 flights were canceled at two airports in Chicago, a major regional hub ..
Rise in temperature, rain likely in Delhi
The minimum temperature would increase by 3-4 degrees Celsius from Wednesday, bringing relief to people from the current cold wave conditions in the national capital, the Met said on Monday.
Delhi in grip of cold wave, min temp settles three notch below average
Cold wave conditions remained unabated in the city with the minimum temperature settling at 5.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average. The maximum temperature was recorded at 18.9 degrees Celsius, also three notches below the normal, said a Met department official. The humidity oscillated between 94 and 51 per cent. According to the Met office, cold wave conditions are likely at isolated pockets of the city. "There will be shallow fog in the morning. Gusty winds likely to prevail during the day and cold wave conditions likely to prevail at isolated pockets. "The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover at 19 and 5 degrees Celsius respectively," the weatherman said. On Sunday, the minimum temperature settled at 5.2 degrees Celsius while the maximum was recorded at 18.8 degrees Celsius.
Cold wave continues in Pb, Hry, Amritsar coldest at 0.5 deg C
Cold weather conditions continued to prevail in most parts of Punjab and Haryana, the MeT department said Monday. Amritsar in Punjab was the coldest in the region at 0.5 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said. Several other places in the state reeled under piercing chill with the temperature in Faridkot settling at 1.2 degrees, followed by Bathinda (1.4 degrees), Adampur (1.8 degrees) and Halwara (2.7 degrees), the Meteorological Department officials said. Union territory of Chandigarh recorded a minimum temperature of 5.3 degrees Celsius, weather department said. In Haryana, Karnal was the coldest at 3.4 degrees Celsius followed by Bhiwani (3.9 degrees), Sirsa (4.2 degrees), Hisar (5.4 degrees) and Rohtak (6 degrees).
One-way traffic restored on Jammu-Srinagar NH
One-way traffic was restored on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Monday as authorities allowed stranded Kashmir-bound trucks carrying essential commodities along with passenger vehicles from here, officials said. The highway was opened for light motor vehicles from Jammu to Srinagar on Sunday after six-day closure following heavy snowfall and incessant rains which had triggered multiple landslides and shooting of stones at various places along the arterial road. "Stranded trucks and passenger vehicles were allowed to move towards Srinagar Monday morning after agencies concerned cleared the road of the debris especially at Anokhi fall in Ramban district, an official of the traffic department said. He said traffic is moving smoothly from Jammu to Srinagar, while no vehicle was allowed from Srinagar side in view of one-way restrictions which are in force for the past many months. Meanwhile, residents of Jammu Monday woke up to a cold morning as the minimum temperature plummeted once ..
Cold wave conditions at some place in UP, Agra coldest at 3.4 deg
Cold wave conditions prevailed at some places in west Uttar Pradesh with Agra recording a minimum temperature of 3.4 degrees Celsius, the coldest in the state. Met officials said Monday. Night temperatures fell below normal limits in the Allahabad, Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow divisions of Uttar Pradesh, the meteorological (Met) office here said. However, the minimum recorded was above normal in the Gorakhpur division, it said. The minimum temperature was 3.4 degrees Celsius at Agra, Met officials said. They warned that cold wave conditions were likely to occur at isolated places over west-UP.
Sun shines bright after snowfall in Shimla
Sun shone bright in most parts of Himachal Pradesh, including Shimla and Kufri which received snowfall till Monday morning, the Meteorological department said. Intense cold wave conditions continued unabated in major tourist spots like Kufri, Manali, Dalhousie and Shimla which recorded a low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, minus 5.3, minus 1.3 and minus 1 degrees Celsius respectively. Minimum temperature in Solan was minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, minus 1.4 in Bhuntar and minus 0.4 degrees Celsius in Chamba, the weatherman said. Tribal district Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place in the state with a low of minus 17 degrees Celsius, the Met department said, adding that the minimum temperature in another tribal district Kinnaur's Kalpa was minus 7.6 degrees Celsius. The weatherman has forecast heavy snowfall and rains in Himachal Pradesh from Wednesday. A fresh western disturbance is very likely to affect western Himalayan and adjoining plains ..
Drass shivers as mercury plunges to minus 31.4 deg C
Mercury in Drass, the second coldest inhabited place in the world, plunged 31 degrees below freezing point even as Kashmir continued to reel under intense cold wave conditions prevailing over the past two months, MET officials said on Monday. Drass in Kargil district registered a low of minus 31.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday night, an official of the MET department said. The maximum temperature recorded in the remote area of Jammu and Kashmir was minus 12.5 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the official said. In Leh district, the mercury settled at a low of minus 15.9 degrees Celsius last night while the maximum temperature was nearly two degrees below freezing point on Sunday, he added. Kashmir Valley, meanwhile, continued to reel under the intense cold wave conditions. The minimum temperature in Srinagar on Sunday night settled at minus 3.5 degrees Celsius two degrees down from minus 1.4 degrees Celsius the previous night, the official said. He said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley
Himachal may get more snow
Himachal Pradesh, which is still recovering from last week's snowfall, is likely to get some more snow this week, the weather bureau said on Monday.
Cold wave intensifies in UP
A cold wave intensified in Uttar Pradesh on Monday with reports of rains in few parts of the state, the weather office said.
Cold morning in Delhi, minimum temps settles at 5.5 deg Celsius
Delhiites woke up to a cold morning on Monday with the minimum temperature settling at 5.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average. The humidity was recorded at 94 per cent at 8.30 am, said a meteorological (Met) department official. The Met office has forecast clear skies during the day. "The skies will be clear. Strong gusty winds are likely to prevail during the day. The maximum temperature is likely to hover at 19 degrees Celsius," the weatherman said. On Sunday, the minimum temperature settled at 5.2 degrees Celsius while the maximum temperature was recorded at 18.8 degrees Celsius.
Drass coldest at minus 31.4
Clear skies on Monday led the cold wave to return to the valley, this time more severely as Drass in Ladakh recorded minus 31.4 degrees Celsius, lowest the mercury dipped this season.
More snowfall, rains predicted in HP from Jan 30
The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy snowfall and rains in Himachal Pradesh from Wednesday, an official said Sunday. A fresh western disturbance is very likely to affect western Himalayan and adjoining plains from January 29 and it would lead to scattered to fairly widespread rain and snowfall in the state from January 30 to February 1, Shimla MeT centre director Manmohan Singh said. On Sunday, Shimla received 1.1 cm of snowfall and Kinnaur's Kalpa got 0.3 cm of snowfall from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, he added. Janjehli in Mandi district, Kufri and Kharapathar in Shimla district also received 2 cm of snowfall during the period, he added. The maximum temperature in Keylong was minus 5.2 degrees Celsius, minus 2.8 degrees Celsius in Kalpa, minus 1.4 degrees Celsius in Kufri, 2.9 degrees Celsius in Dalhousie, 5.3 degrees Celsius in Manali and 6.8 degrees Celsius in Shimla on Sunday. Similarly, the minimum temperature in Manali was minus 5 degrees Celsius, followed by minus 4.2 ...
Rains continue in Telangana for second day
Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana continued to receive unseasonal rains for a second consecutive day on Sunday, under the impact of upper air circulation in Maharashtra, officials said.
Cold day in Delhi, mercury likely to drop further on Monday
It was a cold Sunday in the national capital, with the minimum temperature settling at 5.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below the average, the IMD said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast the temperature to dip further on Monday with cold wave conditions during the day and moderate fog in the morning. "Clear sky with strong surface winds during the day and cold wave conditions are likely to prevail at isolated pockets," the official said. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Monday are likely to settle around 19 and 4 degrees Celsius respectively, the official added. Sunday's maximum temperature settled at 18.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the average for this time of the season. The humidity levels oscillated between 100 and 49 per cent. On Saturday, the minimum temperature settled at 10 degrees Celsius while the maximum temperature settled at 18.6 degrees Celsius.
After dry cold wave, expect rainfall from January 30: Met
Expect light rain and thundershowers in the national capital after Tuesday with a slight increase in the minimum temperature which will subside cold wave conditions and make the weather pleasant in the city, the Met said on Sunday.
Cold wave in Himachal
Cold wave conditions continued in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday with prominent tourist destinations of the state shivering below freezing temperatures, the Meteorological Department. The minimum temperature in Manali of Kullu district was minus 5 degrees Celsius, followed by minus 4.2 degrees Celsius in Kufri of Shimla district, minus 1.5 degrees Celsius in Dalhousie of Chamba district and minus 0.2 degree Celsius in the state capital, said Manmohan Singh, Director MeT Centre Shimla. Tribal district Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place with a low of minus 17 degrees Celsius from 5.30 pm Saturday to 8.30 am Sunday, he said. The minimum temperature in another tribal district Kinnaur's Kalpa was minus 5.2 degrees Celsius, Singh added.
No let up in cold wave in Pb, Hry
Cold wave conditions continued in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday, with Adampur being the coldest place in the region at 1.8 degrees Celsius. Many places in Punjab recorded below normal minimum temperatures, the Meteorological Department said. Biting cold prevailed in Halwara, which recorded a low of 3.5 degrees Celsius, while Amritsar, Pathankot, Bathinda and Faridkot recorded near similar below normal lows of 4 degrees Celsius, 4.4 degrees Celsius, 4 degrees Celsius and 4.5 degrees Celsius, respectively. Patiala 5.7 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana 6.3 degrees Celsius and Gurdaspur 5.9 degrees Celsius also experienced a cold night, the MeT said. In Haryana, Narnaul at a low of 3 degrees Celsius was the coldest place followed by Karnal at 3.6 degrees Celsius. Hisar, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Sirsa and Ambala also experienced cold night recording respective minimum temperatures of 4.7 degrees Celsius, 4.5 degrees Celsius, 5.2 degrees Celsius, 5.4 degrees Celsius and 6.8 degrees ...
Himachal's Keylong freezes at minus 17 degrees
Icy winds swept across Himachal Pradesh with temperatures remaining below the freezing point in most places, a weather official said. Keylong was the coldest in the state at a low of minus 17 degree Celsius.