The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday (December 20) issued an orange alert for dense to very fog in several parts of India, including Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
“Dense to very dense fog very likely at isolated places over Bihar, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand till the morning hours of December 20,” the IMD said.
In Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, North Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, fog is likely to continue till the morning of December 21.
Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh are likely to experience dense to very dense fog on December 24 and 25.
The IMD said on Saturday that recent satellite images detected fog/low cloud cover over Jammu, Punjab, Haryana, South Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, West Meghalaya, North Chhattisgarh and East Madhya Pradesh.
Cold wave warning
Meanwhile, cold wave conditions are very likely to prevail over Telangana and South Interior Karnataka on December 20 and 21 and West Madhya Pradesh on December 20.
“Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions very likely over isolated places over North Interior Karnataka on December 20 and 21,” the IMD forecast said.
Weather in Delhi
The IMD has predicted partly clear skies over Delhi on Saturday, December 20.
“Dense fog at many places, with very dense fog at isolated places, during morning hours. Fog/shallow fog during night,” the IMD said in its weather update for Delhi.
The Meteorological Department also said that the maximum and minimum temperatures in Delhi are expected to be in the range of 21 to 23 degrees Celsius and 7 to 9 degrees Celsius respectively.
“Prevailing surface wind is likely to be from North-West direction with wind speed up to 05 km/h during morning hours. Wind speed from North-West direction will increase to 10 km/h in the afternoon. Wind speed will decrease and will be less than 05 km/h from South-East direction during evening and night,” IMD said.
