Cold wave prevails in north India; snowfall in Kashmir, Himachal, U'Khand

Cold wave conditions prevailed in most parts of rth India on Monday with fresh bouts of swfall occurring at many places in Kashmir Valley and higher reaches of Uttarakhand and Himachal Presh.

In national capital, minimum temperature rose slightly due to a cloud cover lingering over city, wear experts said. However, temperatures are expected to dip over next three-four days due to rains under influence of a western disturbance, y said.

city recorded a high of 19.1 degrees Celsius, rmal for this time of year, and a low of 9.9 degrees Celsius, three tches more than rmal, India Meteorological Department said.

Rains are expected in rth India between January 7 and 9, which will le to a dip in mercury in Delhi, it said.

In Kashmir, Srinagar and or places received first swfall of 2020 on Monday as night temperature across valley improved due to fresh downpour.

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"Light to moderate swfall occurred across Kashmir, including Srinagar city, since early morning," an official of MeT department said.

However, flight operations to and fro Srinagar airport were going on as per schedule, an official of Airport Authority of India (AAI) said. fresh swfall has resulted in light temperature going up in valley, MeT department official said.

Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.8 degrees Celsius last night, he said. Over 600 vehicles were stranded as fresh swfall and landslides triggered by rains closed Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Monday, officials said.

highway has been closed for traffic after fresh swfall across Jawahar tunnel and fresh landslides at Digdool, y said. In Uttarakhand, fresh swfall occurred in high altitude areas while bone-chilling winds coupled with intermittent showers swept plains.

Brinath, Kedarnath, Hemkund Sahib and Valley of Flowers received a fresh spell of sw Monday morning even as it rained in lower areas. Gangotri, Yamutri, Harsil, Har Ki Doon in Uttarkashi district also received fresh swfall. Intermittent rain lashed Dehrun through day as state capital recorded a minimum of 3.8 degree Celsius. Pantnagar recorded a minimum of 3.6 degrees Celsius, Mukteshwar minus 2.2 degrees Celsius and New Tehri 3 degrees Celsius, meteorological department said.

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In Himachal Presh, higher reaches received fresh swfall while several areas in plains and low hills were lashed by rains.

As a result, maximum temperatures across hill-state dropped 6 to 7 degrees Celsius below rmal, Director of Shimla Meteorological Centre, Manmohan Singh, said. Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur, Shimla, Kufri, Manali and Bharmaur received fresh swfall, he said. Bharmaur got 5 cm swfall, followed by Gondla, Kufri and Keylong (3 cm each), Kalpa (2.2 cm), Shimla (2.1 cm) and Udaipur (1 cm), Tourist destinations Manali, Dalhousie, Kufri, Keylong and Kalpa shivered at sub-zero temperatures, he said.

At minus 9 degrees Celsius, Keylong recorded lowest temperature in state. highest temperature in state was recorded in Kangra at 13.6 degrees Celsius, he ded.

Cold wave conditions prevailed in Punjab and Haryana after overnight rains lashed various parts of two states. minimum temperatures, however, rose several tches above rmal in se states following downpour. In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala recorded ir respective lows at 8.2 degrees Celsius, 10 degrees Celsius and 10.7 degrees Celsius, up to five degrees above rmal, a meteorological department official said. Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala recorded 2 mm, 2.4 mm and 0.5 mm rainfall respectively.

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In Haryana, Hisar, Karnal, Narnaul, Rohtak and Bhiwani registered ir respective lows at 7.8 degrees Celsius, 10 degrees Celsius, 8.2 degrees Celsius, 9.8 degrees Celsius and 9.4 degrees Celsius, up to three degrees above rmal. 

Union Territory Chandigarh, joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded minimum temperature at 11.3 degrees Celsius, up to six degrees above rmal. city also witnessed a trace of rainfall.

In Rajasthan, cold wear prevailed with Dabok recording minimum temperature at 7.2 degrees Celsius, meteorological department said.Kota recorded a low of 9.0 degrees Celsius while Jodhpur a low of 9.3 degrees Celsius.

wear remained dry and cold in Uttar Presh with some parts of state witnessing dense fog in morning, MeT office said. Thundershowers are very likely to lash most parts of state on Tuesday, it said.

On Monday, dense to very dense fog engulfed isolated places over western districts while shallow to moderate fog occurred at places over eastern Uttar Presh. At 6 degrees Celsius, Najibab recorded lowest minimum temperature in state, MeT office said.

In eastern India, Himalayan town of Darjeeling in West Bengal shivered at near-freezing temperatures on Monday, while mercury stayed below 10 degrees Celsius in or parts of state. Kolkata recorded minimum temperature at 12.6 degrees Celsius, while maximum temperature stood at 22.6 degrees Celsius.