By Admin 
It is extremely cold in North India these days. According to the India Meteorological Department, a triple attack of cold wave, dense fog and snowfall in the mountains is being seen in Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and many parts of North India. A warning has been issued that the temperature will fall by 2 to 3 degrees in the first week of January and cold day conditions will persist.
If we talk about Delhi, dense fog may be seen in the coming days, in view of which the Meteorological Department has issued a ‘Yellow Alert’ for January 4.
Cold havoc in North and Central India
According to IMD, after the passing of the western disturbance, icy winds have become active in north-west and central India. Cold wave conditions will persist in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Western Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Cold day warning has been issued in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where the effect of cold will be felt even during the day.
There is an alert of dense fog from Kashmir to Odisha, while orange alert has been issued for Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha. In Central India i.e. Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Eastern Maharashtra, the temperature may also fall by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius in the next three days.
Double attack of fog and cold wave
The Meteorological Department said that the blanket of fog and cold wave in the plains will simultaneously increase the problems of the people. There is a possibility of dense to very dense fog in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh till January 7 and in eastern Uttar Pradesh till January 8 at night and morning.
Dense fog will remain in effect in Western Rajasthan till January 4 and in Odisha till January 6. Visibility may be extremely low in Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh, North Madhya Pradesh and parts of Bihar between January 7 and 9. There has been a warning of cold wave outbreak in western parts of Rajasthan from January 5 to 8 and in eastern parts from January 4 to 8.
Snowfall on mountains, rain and condition of Delhi
According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of rain in the Himalayan parts of West Bengal and snowfall in the higher reaches. There may be light rain and snowfall in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir also. Due to the cyclonic circulation formed in the Bay of Bengal, there are chances of rain in Tamil Nadu and Assam-Meghalaya. In view of the possibility of moderate to dense fog in Delhi in the coming days, a yellow alert has been issued.
The maximum temperature recorded in the capital on Saturday was 17.3 degrees and the minimum temperature was 8.1 degrees Celsius, while the air quality index remained in the poor category at 267. IMD has warned that due to cold, fog and falling temperatures, life may be further affected in the coming days.