The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned against the impact of Western Disturbance and forecasted scattered rainfall and snowfall over Western Himalayan region till 11 February. IMD predicted more snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and temperature fluctuations across Northwest India until 10 February.
The weather office in its latest weather bulletin stated, “A wet spell with Isolated to Scattered rainfall/snowfall likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan Muzaffarabad on 11th; Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during 9th – 11th February.
With Western Disturbance currently present over 53°E to the north of Latitude 21°N, IMD said, “Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/snowfall with thunderstorm, lightning & gusty winds speed reaching (30-40 kmph) likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh on 10th February.”
The Meteorological Department predicted rise in minimum temperature over Northwest India by about 2 degrees Celsius till 10 February and a subsequent fall thereafter.
Delhi weather today
Predicting near normal temperature in Delhi, IMD said, “Partly cloudy sky. Mist during morning hours. The maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi are likely to be in the range of 23°C to 25°C and 08°C to 10°C respectively.”
With significant visibility of around 2100 meter around Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, no flight disruption was reported on Monday morning.
