Weather Forecast: New year will start with fog, chances of rain in these states

The Meteorological Department said that zero visibility was recorded in Jorhat, Pathankot, Jammu, Agra and Bathinda on Sunday morning. Visibility was recorded at 25 meters in Ambala, 50 meters in Bikaner, Patiala, Chandigarh, Gwalior, Jhansi and 200 meters in Amritsar and Hisar. Moderate to dense fog was seen in many parts of the capital Delhi in the morning.

According to the Meteorological Department, it will be partly cloudy on Sunday and the maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 19 and 11 degrees Celsius respectively. IMD has issued advisories for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, North Rajasthan and North Madhya Pradesh. It has been said in this advisory that due to fog, visibility may be affected at some airports, highways and railway routes on Sunday.

There was dense fog in various districts of Uttar Pradesh in the morning due to which visibility became very low. According to Zonal Meteorological Centre, Lucknow, the effect of dense fog will continue in the entire state on December 31 also. Rain and thundershowers can be seen at different places in Western Uttar Pradesh. On January 1, 2024, there are chances of rain and thundershowers at one or two places in the entire state. Apart from this, there will be dense fog. On January 2, the weather will remain dry in western Uttar Pradesh while there are chances of rain and thundershowers in Purvanchal.

The effect of western disturbance will be visible in Jharkhand in the new year. Change in weather patterns is possible from the evening of January 1. According to the Meteorological Center, many areas of the state including Palamu, Gumla may receive rain from the morning of January 2, while Ranchi and other areas of the state are likely to have cloudy sky on the night of January 2 and rain from January 3. .

There was fog in many areas of Bihar on Sunday morning. Just before the arrival of New Year in the state, cold has increased rapidly in Bihar. Due to westerly and north westerly winds, increase in cold is being seen in 25 districts of Bihar including Patna. Due to lack of sunlight, cold wave like conditions occurred in many districts of South Bihar including Patna.

According to Skymet Weather, there is a possibility of rain in Gwalior, Datia, Shivpuri, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sagar, Damoh, Panna, Satna as well as Rewa, Umaria, Shahdol and Singrauli districts of Madhya Pradesh. There are chances of rain in North Chhattisgarh also between January 2 and 4.

According to Skymet Weather, light rain may occur at some places in Tamil Nadu and at one or two places over South Kerala, parts of Lakshadweep, southern islands of Andaman and Nicobar and Northeast India.

There is a possibility of light rain and snowfall in the Western Himalayas between December 31 and January 2.