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The IMD said cold wave to severe cold wave conditions will continue over Delhi for 2-3 days, before abating.
Delhi weather today: Delhi woke up to another chilly morning with dense fog, with the temperature at 5 degrees Celsius, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted at least two more days of cold wave conditions over the city.
Cold Wave alert for Delhi
The Met Dept said cold wave to severe cold wave conditions will continue over Delhi for 2-3 days, before abating.
“Cold wave to Severe Cold wave conditions very likely in some/many parts on 14th & 15th and Cold wave conditions in isolated pockets on 16th January,” it said in a bulletin.
For January 14, the weather agency predicted “Cold wave conditions at few places. Shallow to Moderate fog during morning hours.”
The IMD has predicted the maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi to be in the range of 19°C to 21°C and 03°C to 05°C, respectively.
“The minimum temperatures will be appreciably below normal (-3.1 to -5.0) at many places and below normal (-1.6 to -3.0°C) at isolated places and the maximum temperatures will be near normal over Delhi,” it said.
The IMD has warned of an increased likelihood of various illnesses like flu, running/ stuffy nose or nosebleed, which usually set in or get aggravated due to prolonged exposure to cold.
Dense fog over Delhi
According to the weather agency, dense to very dense fog, with visibility less than 50 meters, is very likely to prevail in the morning hours in some parts of Delhi till January 15.
The IMD also predicted dense fog, visibility 50-199 meters, in the isolated pockets of the Capity city till January 20.
Has fog impacted the flight ops?
Flight operations at Delhi Airport were reportedly normal at 8:00 AM on Wednesday. Sharing an update on X, the Delhi airport said, “Low Visibility Procedures are in progress at Delhi Airport. All flight operations are presently normal.”
IMD's cold wave alert for other states
The weather agency has forecasted cold wave to severe cold wave conditions to continue over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha during the next 2-3 days and abate thereafter.
The IMD has also forecasted very dense fog over Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh till January 15, and dense fog thereafter till January 20.
Northwest India and Bihar will be experiencing dense fog over the next 5-6 days, it said.
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