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Himachal sees increase in temperature, snow in store
The hills of Himachal Pradesh saw an increase of temperatures one to six degrees above the normal on Sunday due to clouds, but the Met Office has forecast widespread rain and snowfall later in the day.
Cold Sunday morning in Delhi
It was a cold morning in the national capital on Sunday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7 degrees Celsius, the season's average, the weather office said.
Cold, foggy Sunday morning in Delhi
It was a cold and foggy morning in the national capital on Sunday, with the minimum temperature settling at 7 degrees Celsius. A cover of moderate fog enveloped the city, with visibility dropping to 400 metres at Safdarjung, at 8.30 am, said a MeT department official. The MeT Department has forecast generally cloudy sky later in the day with the maximum temperature hovering around 26 degrees Celsius. Saturday was the warmest day in January this year at 25.9 degrees Celsius. Relative humidity at 8.30 in the morning was 97 per cent. A railways official said 10 north bound trains, including Unchahar Express, Brahmputra Mail, Kaifiyat Express, Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Garib Rath, were running late due to fog, with average delay of 203 hours.
Weather slightly improves in Kashmir Valley
The weather slightly improved in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday with an increase in the minimum temperatures due to a nightlong cloud cover, the weather office said.
Winter storm forces airline cancellations, road troubles
A plane carrying 129 people skidded Saturday from a slick Chicago runway and a plow driver was killed when his truck rolled over outside Kansas City following a winter storm that covered many parts of the Midwest in snow and ice. No injuries were reported on the United Airlines flight at O'Hare International Airport as it arrived Saturday morning from Phoenix, Chicago Fire officials said. The massive storm which dumped 10 inches (25 centimeters) of snow on some areas in the Midwest prompted the cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights at Chicago's airports. The average delay at O'Hare was nearly an hour Saturday afternoon. Kansas Department of Transportation snowplow Stephen Windler, 25, died about 6 am Saturday on US Highway 69, according to the Wichita Eagle. A police crash report says his truck "traveled to the right, traversing the shoulder and drove into the grass" before it rolled over. Windler was thrown from the vehicle which landed on top of him. The storm moved Saturday toward .
Rain predicted as temperatures rise in Punjab, Haryana
The maximum and minimum temperatures rose at most places in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday even as the Met department predicted rainfall over some parts of the region in the next 72 hours.
IMD issues warning of rain, snow for J&K, Himachal Pradesh
The IMD Saturday issued warning of rain and snow for Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in the next few days days. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), rain or snow will occur at most places in Jammu and Kashmir from January 20 to 22. The IMD has predicted rain or snow at most places, with isolated heavy to very heavy falls, in Himachal Pradesh on January 21 and 22. The IMD said hailstorm is very likely at isolated places over Jammu division, lower reaches of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, west Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on January 20 and over Jammu division, lower reaches of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan on January 21. There is a likelihood of strong surface winds over the plains of northwest India between the mornings of January 21 and 22.
Saturday records warmest temperature of 2019
Saturday was the warmest day of 2019, with the maximum temperature settling at 25.9 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season's average. The rise in temperature was due to the western disturbance, said a MeT department official. The minimum temperature was recorded at 5.7 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average. Humidity oscillated between 100 and 45 per cent. The maximum temperature recorded on the same date last year was 27.7 degrees Celsius. The weatherman has predicted light fog on Sunday morning and haze/smoke thereafter. There is possibility of partly cloudy sky, becoming generally cloudy towards afternoon and evening on Sunday. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 25 and 9 degrees Celsius respectively. On Friday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were 21.5 degrees and 4.5 degrees Celsius respectively.
Winter storm threatens 115m people in US
A second wave of winter storms was expected to bring heavy snow, strong winds and frigid temperatures across parts of the US Midwest and Northeast regions over the weekend, threatening about 115 million people, authorities said.
Heavy snowfall, rain likely in Himachal on Jan 21, 22
The minimum temperature in most parts of Himachal Pradesh improved marginally on Saturday, the meteorological department said but warned that heavy snowfall and rain in high and mid hills of the state are likely on January 21 and 22. Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place in the state at minus 5.2C, Shimla meteorological centre director Manmohan Singh said. The minimum temperature in Kinnaur's Kalpa was minus 1.8C, he said. Shimla, Dalhousie and Kufri recorded minimum temperatures of 7.7C, 5.7C and 3.2C, respectively. Singh warned that heavy snowfall and rain in high and mid hills are likely on January 21 and 22. He predicted snowfall and rain in parts of Himachal Pradesh till January 24. A western disturbance is affecting northwest India. As a result, light rain and snowfall will occur at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, he said. Thereafter, distribution and intensity of the rain and snowfall will increase and widespread ...
Fresh snowfall in Kashmir, flight operations disrupted at Srinagar airport
Fresh snowfall in most parts of Kashmir disrupted flight operations at the airport here, officials said on Saturday. There was fresh snowfall in the higher reaches as well as the plains, including in the summer capital Srinagar here, on Friday night, a meteorological department official said. He said while there was light snowfall in the plains of Kashmir, the higher reaches received moderate snow. The snowfall led to cancellation of flights and delays at the Srinagar airport. "Few flights have been cancelled today because of bad weather, while most others have been delayed," an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said. He said there were chances of the operations normalising later in the day with some improvement in the weather. The meteorological department has forecast widespread rain and snow over the state with heavy falls at isolated places from Saturday till Monday. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius on Friday night, lower ...
Cold weather continues in Punjab, Haryana
Cold weather conditions continued to prevail in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday. However, the night temperatures rose a few degrees above normal in several parts of both the states. The Union Territory of Chandigarh, the joint capital of both states, experienced cold weather conditions at 8.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, a MeT department official said. In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala braved cold weather conditions at 5.8, 8.2 and 9 degrees Celsius respectively, up to three notches above normal. Pathankot, Adampur, Halwara, Bathinda, Gurdaspur and Faridkot recorded lowest temperatures of 7.8, 6, 6.5, 5.9, 3.2 and 6.2degrees Celsius respectively. In Haryana, Ambala witnessed cold weather conditions at 10 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal, while the minimum temperatures of Hisar and Karnal were 4.6 and 6 degrees Celsius respectively, up to two notches below normal. Bhiwani, Sirsa, Rohtak and Narnaul recorded their respective lows at 6.5, ...
Himachal sees rise in mercury, more snow in store
The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday saw a marginal rise in the temperatures, but the Met Office here forecast crain and more snowfall in the next three days.
Heavy snowfall in Kashmir Valley
Heavy snowfall occurred in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday, with the weather office forecasting more in store for the next three days.
Rainfall, cold wave to hit northwest India next week
Widespread rainfall accompanied by cold wave-like conditions would engulf entire northwest India next week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Friday.
Fog, cold wave conditions prevail in Punjab, Haryana
Minimum temperatures dropped and foggy conditions prevailed at several places in Punjab and Haryana on Friday.
Cold wave conditions in parts of UP, Agra coldest at 2.9 deg Celsius
Cold wave conditions prevailed at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh with Agra recording minimum temperature of 2.9 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the state, the Met department said Friday. Shallow to moderate fog occurred at a few places in eastern region and at isolated places in western districts of Uttar Pradesh, the weatherman said. Temperatures appreciably rose in Gorakhpur and Meerut divisions on Thursday night, while the mercury was below normal in Allahabad and Agra divisions. Met has forecast shallow to moderate fog at few places and rain accompanied by thundershower at a few places in eastern part of the state and in several areas in western districts next week.
Roads melting as Australian heat wave drags on
Australia's heat wave dragged into its sixth day on Friday, with roads melting and heat records broken.
Kashmir under grip of cold wave, Pahalgam shivers at minus 10.3 deg C
Kashmir continued to be in the grip of cold wave conditions as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point with Pahalgam tourist resort being the coldest recorded place in the valley, a weather department official said Friday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose last night from minus 1.3 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 0.7 degree Celsius, the official said. He said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 0.7 degree Celsius down from minus 0.2 degree Celsius the previous night. The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius last night same as the previous night. The mercury in Kupwara town in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius last night down from minus 1.5 degrees Celsius a night earlier, the official said. Gulmarg ski-resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius last night same as the previous night. Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir ...
Himachal braces for severe weather
Himachal Pradesh will receive widespread snowfall and rain between January 20 and 24, the weather office here warned on Friday.