Experts, A “Never Seen” Cold Wave in North India at -4 Degrees

Experts, A “Never Seen” Cold Wave in North India at -4 Degrees

The IMD had forecast that people of Northwest India will only see brief relief from the agonising cold this week after bone-chilling evenings for the previous few weeks.

A weather specialist has projected that even when temperatures in North India briefly rise this week, January 2023 may still go down as the region’s coldest month, with lows of -4 degrees Celsius expected in the plains the following week.

Navdeep Dahiya, the founder of Live Meteorological of India, an online weather company, tweeted that severe chills are expected between January 14 and 19 and will likely be at their height from January 16 to 18.

And while sporadic light rain in the capital may provide some relief from the bitter cold for a few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also warned that isolated pockets of cold wave conditions will be quite possible across Delhi and its neighbouring states starting on Saturday.

The weatherman forewarned of maximum temperatures in the single digits and “frosty mornings” or “coldblast” days, however he tempered his bets by adding there could be some adjustments to the outcome with three days left and fog playing a vital part.

Additionally, it should be noted that January 2023 may be the coldest month ever recorded (perhaps for the whole 21st century) given the next few days’ forecast for extreme cold. Tweeted Mr. Dahiya

The IMD had forecast that people of Northwest India will only see brief relief from the agonising cold this week after bone-chilling evenings for the previous few weeks.

A 2-4 degree Celsius increase in minimum temperatures over the northwestern plains was predicted to occur until Friday due to an active western disturbance. But after that, it foreshadowed a new blast of arctic chill in the national capital.

The minimum temperature in Delhi on Thursday was 9.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s normal, just days after the city experienced its third-worst cold wave in 23 years. According to the IMD, the highest temperature is predicted to be approximately 19 degrees Celsius.

“When the temperature dropped to 1.9 degrees Celsius in 2006, a similar circumstance occurred. A similar cold wave occurred in 2013 “RK Jenamani, an IMD meteorologist, informed the news.

Across the next days, there may be light rain and drizzle in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh, and North Rajasthan, according to Mr. Jenamani.

“On January 12, it may rain or snow heavily in Himalayan states like Jammu and Kashmir, and especially in Kashmir. Between January 11 and January 14, Himachal and Uttarakhand may also get rain or snow “Added he.