Enveloped by dense fog, north India shivers as mercury dips
23 Dec 2013 3:26 AM IST
Dense fog engulfed the plains of Northern region, affecting air and rail traffic while the higher reaches of Kashmir Valley and Himchal Pradesh received snow fall.
For the national capital Delhi, it was a cloudy, chilly and hazy Sunday as the winds blowing across the city brought the maximum temperature down by six degrees from normal.
In Jammu and Kashmir, people woke up to chilly morning and overcast conditions as the 40-day harshest winter period began on Saturday.
The cold wave tightened its grip on the Valley, where the mercury dropped considerably, while the upper reaches of Gulmarg and Pahalgam resorts received snowfall. Though ‘Chillai-Kalan’ would end on 31 January, the winter continues after that.
In the plains of Punjab and Haryana, fog continued to disrupt normal life and affected air and train services even as light rain or thundershowers are expected in the region in the next 24 hours.
Though minimum temperature stayed above normal in Punjab and Haryana by few notches, cold conditions prevailed in the states.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a low of 9.5 degrees Celsius, up by five notches above normal. Ludhiana and Patiala had a low of 9.4 degrees Celsius and 10.1 degrees Celsius, respectively. In Haryana, Ambala and Hisar recorded their lows at 9.5 degrees Celsius and 11.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Union Territory Chandigarh recorded minimum temperature at 7.4 degrees Celsius, Met officials said.
For the national capital Delhi, it was a cloudy, chilly and hazy Sunday as the winds blowing across the city brought the maximum temperature down by six degrees from normal.
In Jammu and Kashmir, people woke up to chilly morning and overcast conditions as the 40-day harshest winter period began on Saturday.
The cold wave tightened its grip on the Valley, where the mercury dropped considerably, while the upper reaches of Gulmarg and Pahalgam resorts received snowfall. Though ‘Chillai-Kalan’ would end on 31 January, the winter continues after that.
In the plains of Punjab and Haryana, fog continued to disrupt normal life and affected air and train services even as light rain or thundershowers are expected in the region in the next 24 hours.
Though minimum temperature stayed above normal in Punjab and Haryana by few notches, cold conditions prevailed in the states.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a low of 9.5 degrees Celsius, up by five notches above normal. Ludhiana and Patiala had a low of 9.4 degrees Celsius and 10.1 degrees Celsius, respectively. In Haryana, Ambala and Hisar recorded their lows at 9.5 degrees Celsius and 11.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Union Territory Chandigarh recorded minimum temperature at 7.4 degrees Celsius, Met officials said.
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