Rain Alert: Heavy rains expected in these states as cold wave sets in in North India, IMD warns

 

IMD Rain Alert, Weather Update 7 November: Cold weather has begun to set in across North India. Minimum temperatures have dropped below 10 degrees Celsius in many states, while a heavy rain warning has been issued for South India.

IMD Rain Alert: Cold has knocked in North India, but heavy rain warning has been issued in South India. According to the Meteorological Department, heavy rain warning has been issued in Tamil Nadu during 7-9 November, in Kerala during 8-10 November. Apart from this, night temperature is less than 10 degree Celsius in some parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. It is about two to five degree Celsius below normal in Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and many parts of Rajasthan, North Madhya Pradesh, North Maharashtra. During the next six to seven days, the temperature is likely to be two to five degrees below normal in the plains of Northwest and adjoining Central India.

Minimum temperatures are expected to drop by two to three degrees Celsius in central and western India over the next two days, with no significant change expected for the next four to five days. Minimum temperatures in eastern India will drop by three to four degrees Celsius over the next three days.

Meanwhile, night temperatures were below normal in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir, with Srinagar recording the season’s coldest night, with a minimum temperature of 0.2 degrees Celsius, and the average temperature across the valley dropping by one to three degrees Celsius. According to the Meteorological Department, recent snowfall in the upper reaches of Kashmir has led to a significant drop in temperatures in the valley, with many areas recording minimum temperatures below freezing. Pahalgam, a hill resort in Anantnag district, recorded a temperature of minus 3.0 degrees Celsius, the coldest place in Kashmir.

Furthermore, temperatures in Delhi dropped slightly on Friday morning, with air quality remaining in the very poor category. According to the hourly air-quality bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the overall AQI in Delhi was recorded at 311. Of the 38 monitoring stations in the national capital, 26 stations recorded air quality in the ‘very poor’ category. Bawana recorded an AQI of 366, followed by Jahangirpuri at 348. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor” and 401 and 500 “severe”.