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New Delhi: People in the country are not expected to get any relief from the intense cold ( intense cold ) yet. Bone-chilling cold is predicted in North India on January 8, and rain is expected in South India. Meanwhile, a warning has been issued for dense fog in the morning in several states of the country, including Delhi. Cold day conditions are likely to prevail in Uttarakhand, Punjab, East Uttar Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi on January 8.
The Meteorological Department has predicted dense fog in Delhi. This will reduce visibility in the morning. The minimum temperature is likely to reach 8 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature may remain around 18 degrees Celsius. In the morning, the prevailing surface wind will be from the west, and the wind speed may reach up to 10 km per hour. In the afternoon, the wind speed will increase to 16 km per hour from the northwest direction.
Cold day conditions likely in these states
According to the Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature is being recorded between 5°-10°C in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, West Bengal, and Sikkim. The lowest minimum temperature in the plains of India was recorded at 3.3°C in Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh). Intense cold is prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad. The temperature is being recorded below freezing point in most places in the hilly states. Cold day conditions will prevail in all these states.
Dense fog in these states
Dense to very dense fog is very likely to prevail in the morning over some parts of East Rajasthan, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh during January 8-10. Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura may experience dense fog until January 12th.
Heavy rainfall warning for these states:
The Meteorological Department has stated that there is a high probability of heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places in Tamil Nadu during January 8-11 and in Kerala and Mahe on January 10.
