The record of the last 8 years can be broken in Bihar. In many districts including Katihar, Begusarai, Khagaria, Chhapra, Buxar, Ara, a forecast of record cold has been issued after December 25.
IMD Alert, Today Weather: The forecast of the Meteorological Department has been issued. Under which the possibility of snowfall and rain in the hill states was denied for 7 days. Apart from this, there is no chance of snowfall in Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, Uttarakhand. Rain has been predicted in the southern states. There is also a possibility of lightening with moderate to heavy rain.
Rain forecast in these areas
With the conversion of low pressure in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal into a depression, changes in the weather have started appearing. Strong winds are blowing in many states. The sky is cloudy. Along with this, the visibility of sunlight is also less visible. Meanwhile, rain has been predicted in Madhya Maharashtra including Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rayalseema, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh.
Triple-Dip La Nina Alert
- The first triple-dip La Niña of the 21st century is set to affect temperature and precipitation patterns, with the dominant signal of La Niña/El Niño remaining below threshold values for a long time.
- The Th index has not risen above -0.8 degrees since August 2022. The leading indicator and monitor of La Nina has again dropped to -1.0 degrees for the past 2 weeks.
- The Indian Ocean Dipole has returned to neutral and marginally positive for the first time since May 2022. The index remained in the neutral range (between -0.4° and +0.4°) for 6 consecutive weeks.
- The most recent value for the week ending 11 December 2022 was +0.05°. Since the monsoon trough has shifted to the Southern Hemisphere, the IOD will not have any effect on Indian climatic conditions. This will continue till the early northern hemisphere summer (March-April 2023).
- Areas of warm and cold anomalies over the eastern and western sides of the Indian Ocean have dissipated in recent weeks.
- Record of last 8 years will be broken in Bihar
- Talking about North India, a drop in temperature has been observed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. A drop in temperature has been recorded in many cities including Kanpur, Lucknow. People are seen heating the fire to avoid the cold.
City alert has been issued from Ambala in Haryana itself to Churu in Punjab, Rajasthan and other areas. Dense fog will be seen in the morning. Due to cold wave, the minimum temperature in Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, North Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand has reached between 5 to 10 degree Celsius.
Yellow alert of cold wave in Delhi in December
Due to increasing cold in the morning in the capital Delhi, a significant drop in the minimum temperature has been recorded. Delhi has once again recorded the coldest morning of the season. The air quality has been felt to be poor in 24 hours. Cold wave forecast has been issued in Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab and Rajasthan from December 18 to 20. The minimum temperature on Thursday was recorded at 6.4 degree Celsius, on Friday the minimum temperature was recorded at 6.2 degree Celsius. Yellow alert has been issued for cold wave in Delhi in December. In fact, a forecast of cold wave has also been issued during this period.
Chances of extreme cold in early January
However, due to snowfall on the mountains, its effect can be seen in the plains. At the same time, due to no system being active, the temperature will continue to fall. After the system becomes active, the possibility of temperature has been expressed in some areas once again. A forecast of further increase of cold has been issued in the coming times. However, people of other states including Delhi will have to wait a little longer for the severe cold. In seven states including Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, there is a possibility of extreme cold in late December and early January.
Yellow alert of Sheetlahar issued
Rain has been forecast in the southern part of Tamil Nadu from the night of 19th December. Apart from this, rain alert has been issued in many surrounding states, after the temperature of major cities, the minimum temperature in Delhi is 4 ° C, the minimum temperature in Lucknow is 10 ° C, the minimum temperature in Patna is 12 ° C while Dehradun The minimum temperature has been recorded at 9 degree Celsius. Shimla recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2 degrees Celsius while Mussoorie recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1 degree Celsius. Yellow alert of cold wave has been issued in Uttarakhand Rajasthan .
