The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a cold wave warning for several states on December 11. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Karnataka and Odisha are on yellow alert due to cold wave. The IMD has predicted intense fog in Uttar Pradesh and issued an orange alert.
Besides, Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha and Uttarakhand are on yellow alert due to dense fog. The IMD urged citizens to drive slowly, use low beam and fog lights in the morning hours of December 11.
The IMD, in its latest press release, suggests that the change in atmospheric conditions is being brought about by a trough in the western regions located along 86°E north of 23°N latitude and said, “Cold wave conditions are very likely to prevail over central and adjacent eastern and northern peninsular India till December 13, 2025.”
Forecasting dense fog over northern and northeastern states, the IMD said a fresh weak western disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region from December 13, 2025.”
The Meteorological Department, in its weather bulletin dated December 10, said: “Cold waves are very likely at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Telangana, North Interior Karnataka and North Interior Odisha during December 11-13; West Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on December 12 and December 11.”
The meteorological agency said Maharashtra may brace for a gradual drop in minimum temperature by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius over the next 2 days followed by a rise of 2 to 3 degrees Celsius. Minimum temperatures were recorded below normal at many places including Uttar Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, few places over Rayalaseema at isolated places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal and Gujarat. The mercury in these places dropped by 1.6 to 3 degrees Celsius.
Districts on IMD alert for cold wave
Karnataka districts on yellow alert: Belagavi, Bagalkote, Bidar, Vijayapura, Kalaburgi Raichur, Yadgiri and Dharwad.
Telangana districts on orange alert: Adilabad, Komuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Sangareddy, Medak and Kamareddy.
Telangana districts on yellow alert: Bkothagudem, Hanumakonda, Hyderabad, Jagitial, Jangaon, Jayashankar Bhupalapalle, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Medchal Malkajgiri and Mulugu.
Maharashtra districts on yellow alert: Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Nasik, Ghats of Nasik, Ahilyanagar, Pune, Ghats of Pune, Sholapur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed, Hingoli, Nanded, Latur and Gondia.
Madhya Pradesh districts on yellow alert: Bhopal, Raisen, Sehore, Rajgarh, Indore and Shajapur.
Odisha districts on yellow alert: Jharsguda, Sundergarh, Angul, Dhenkanal
