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Fresh snowfall in Kashmir, flight operations disrupted at Srinagar airport
Fresh snowfall in most parts of Kashmir disrupted flight operations at the airport here, officials said on Saturday. There was fresh snowfall in the higher reaches as well as the plains, including in the summer capital Srinagar here, on Friday night, a meteorological department official said. He said while there was light snowfall in the plains of Kashmir, the higher reaches received moderate snow. The snowfall led to cancellation of flights and delays at the Srinagar airport. "Few flights have been cancelled today because of bad weather, while most others have been delayed," an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said. He said there were chances of the operations normalising later in the day with some improvement in the weather. The meteorological department has forecast widespread rain and snow over the state with heavy falls at isolated places from Saturday till Monday. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius on Friday night, lower ...
Cold weather continues in Punjab, Haryana
Cold weather conditions continued to prevail in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday. However, the night temperatures rose a few degrees above normal in several parts of both the states. The Union Territory of Chandigarh, the joint capital of both states, experienced cold weather conditions at 8.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, a MeT department official said. In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala braved cold weather conditions at 5.8, 8.2 and 9 degrees Celsius respectively, up to three notches above normal. Pathankot, Adampur, Halwara, Bathinda, Gurdaspur and Faridkot recorded lowest temperatures of 7.8, 6, 6.5, 5.9, 3.2 and 6.2degrees Celsius respectively. In Haryana, Ambala witnessed cold weather conditions at 10 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal, while the minimum temperatures of Hisar and Karnal were 4.6 and 6 degrees Celsius respectively, up to two notches below normal. Bhiwani, Sirsa, Rohtak and Narnaul recorded their respective lows at 6.5, ...
Himachal sees rise in mercury, more snow in store
The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday saw a marginal rise in the temperatures, but the Met Office here forecast crain and more snowfall in the next three days.
Heavy snowfall in Kashmir Valley
Heavy snowfall occurred in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday, with the weather office forecasting more in store for the next three days.
Rainfall, cold wave to hit northwest India next week
Widespread rainfall accompanied by cold wave-like conditions would engulf entire northwest India next week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Friday.
Fog, cold wave conditions prevail in Punjab, Haryana
Minimum temperatures dropped and foggy conditions prevailed at several places in Punjab and Haryana on Friday.
Cold wave conditions in parts of UP, Agra coldest at 2.9 deg Celsius
Cold wave conditions prevailed at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh with Agra recording minimum temperature of 2.9 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the state, the Met department said Friday. Shallow to moderate fog occurred at a few places in eastern region and at isolated places in western districts of Uttar Pradesh, the weatherman said. Temperatures appreciably rose in Gorakhpur and Meerut divisions on Thursday night, while the mercury was below normal in Allahabad and Agra divisions. Met has forecast shallow to moderate fog at few places and rain accompanied by thundershower at a few places in eastern part of the state and in several areas in western districts next week.
Roads melting as Australian heat wave drags on
Australia's heat wave dragged into its sixth day on Friday, with roads melting and heat records broken.
Kashmir under grip of cold wave, Pahalgam shivers at minus 10.3 deg C
Kashmir continued to be in the grip of cold wave conditions as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point with Pahalgam tourist resort being the coldest recorded place in the valley, a weather department official said Friday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose last night from minus 1.3 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 0.7 degree Celsius, the official said. He said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 0.7 degree Celsius down from minus 0.2 degree Celsius the previous night. The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius last night same as the previous night. The mercury in Kupwara town in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius last night down from minus 1.5 degrees Celsius a night earlier, the official said. Gulmarg ski-resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius last night same as the previous night. Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir ...
Himachal braces for severe weather
Himachal Pradesh will receive widespread snowfall and rain between January 20 and 24, the weather office here warned on Friday.
Fresh spell of rain, snowfall likely in HP from Saturday
A fresh spell of heavy rain and snowfall is likely in Himachal Pradesh from January 19 to 24, the meteorological department said on Friday. A western disturbance will affect northwest India from Friday evening. As a result, light rain and snowfall will occur at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh on January 19, Shimla MeT Centre Director Manmohan Singh said. Thereafter, distribution and intensity of the rain and snowfall will increase and fairly widespread to widespread rain and snowfall will occur over Himachal Pradesh from January 20 to 24, he said. Isolated heavy to very heavy rain and snowfall are likely to occur over the state from January 21 to 24, he added. Meanwhile, tourist hotspot Manali in Kullu district continued to reel under sub zero temperatures with a low of minus 1.2 degrees Celsius, Singh said. Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place in the state at minus 7 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature in Kinnaur's Kalpa was ...
Foggy Friday morning in Delhi
The national capital on Friday woke up to a cold, foggy morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 4.8 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, the weather office said.
Cold wave grips west UP; Muzaffarnagar coldest at 3.2 deg C
Cold wave conditions prevailed at isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh with Muzaffarnagar recording the lowest temperature in the state at 3.2 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said Thursday. Weather remained dry in the state Thursday with shallow to moderate fog occurring at many places, it said. Dense to very dense fog was also witnessed at isolated places in the state, the MeT office added. Night temperatures remained appreciably below normal in the Meerut division and below normal in Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Faizabad, Allahabad, Lucknow, Bareilly and Agra divisions and normal in the remaining divisions of the state, it said. The MeT said the lowest temperature in the state at 3.2 degrees Celsius was recorded in Muzzaffarnagar. It has forecast shallow to moderate fog at a few places and dense to very dense fog at isolated places in the state. The cold wave condition is very likely to prevail at isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh, the MeT added.
Fresh snowfall in high reaches brings mercury down in HP
Fresh snowfall in some high reaches brought down the minimum temperatures in most parts of the state Thursday, the Meteorological department said. Keylong, the administrative centre of the tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti, continued to be the coldest place in the state at minus 10 degrees Celsius. It received 3 cm snowfall from 5.30 pm Wednesday to 8.30 am Thursday, Shimla MeT centre Director Manmohan Singh said. The mercury settled at minus 3.8 degrees Celsius in tribal Kinnaur district's Kalpa, which received 0.4 cm snowfall during the period. The minimum temperature in Manali of Kullu district was minus 0.6 degree Celsius while it was zero degrees Celsius in Chail, 0.9 degrees Celsius in Kufri, 1.7 degrees Celsius in Dalhousie, 2.7 degrees celsius in Chamba and 3.2 degrees Celsius in the state capital Shimla Thursday, around four notches down from Wednesday, the weatherman said.
Cold wave continues in Punjab, Haryana; Amritsar coldest at 0.4 deg C
Cold wave continued unabated in most parts of Punjab and Haryana with Amritsar shivering at 0.4 degrees Celsius, the MeT department said on Thursday. In Punjab, Adampur recorded a low of 1.7 degrees Celsius, Halwara 1.9, Bathinda 3 and Faridkot 3.2 degrees Celsius. The weatherman said the mercury settled at 4.8 degrees Celsius in Ludhiana and Pathankot, 5 degrees Celsius in Gurdaspur and 6 degrees Celsius in Patiala. The Union Territory of Chandigarh braved cold weather at 6.1 degrees Celsius,an official of the MeT department said. In Haryana, Hisar recorded a minimum of 3.5 degrees Celsius, Karnal 3.6, Sirsa 3.8, Rohtak 4, Bhiwani 5.7 and Ambala 6.4 degrees Celsius. Foggy conditions prevailed at several places including Patiala, Ludhiana, Karnal, Faridkot and Amritsar.
Minimum temperatures rise in most parts of Kashmir
A day after Kashmir witnessed a bout of snowfall, the minimum temperature at most places in the valley increased Wednesday night, providing much-needed relief to residents, the weatherman said. The weather stayed mostly dry Wednesday night after intermittent snowfall on Tuesday, an official of the MeT department said. He said similar conditions are likely to prevail for two more days -- Thursday and Friday -- after which another wet spell is expected for a few days. There is a possibility of widespread rain and snowfall, with a higher intensity on January 22, the official said. The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose from minus 2.1 degrees Celsius the previous night to minus 1.3 degrees Celsius. He said Qazigund -- the gateway town to the valley in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 0.2 degrees Celsius up from minus 2.9 degrees Celsius the previous night. The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius Wednesday night. The mercury in Kupwara town in north .
Intense cold wave freezes Himachal
An intense cold wave saw most parts of Himachal Pradesh shivering on Thursday, with Kalpa and Keylong towns seeing more snowfall.
Severe cold wave continues in Kashmir Valley
A severe cold wave continued in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday despite an improve in weather conditions after snowfall the previous day, the weather office said.
Cold, foggy Thursday morning in Delhi
The national capital on Thursday woke up to a cold, foggy morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 4.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average, the weather office said.
Cold day in Delhi, min temp at 4.5 deg C
It was a cold day in the national capital with the minimum temperature dropping to three notches below the season's average. "The minimum temperature was recorded at 4.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, while the maximum temperature settled at 21.3 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal," a MeT official said. The humidity levels oscillated between 100 and 55 per cent. The weatherman has predicted shallow fog for Thursday morning. "The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 20 and 5 degrees Celsius," the official added. On Tuesday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were 19 degrees Celsius and 6 degrees Celsius, respectively.
