No respite from cold wave, dense fog till 21 January, 18 trains delayed
THE Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that dense to very dense fog and Cold day to severe cold day conditions are likely to continue to prevail over North India during the next 4 days. Severe cold wave conditions are likely to continue over the plains of Northwest India during the next 4 days.
IMD weather forecast
-IMD predicts light to moderate rainfall in some places over Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Sikkim and Northeast India on 18 January
-Rise in minimum temperatures by about 2°C very likely over Northwest India and no significant change thereafter.
-Rise in minimum temperatures by 2-4°C very likely over East India and no significant change thereafter.
-No significant change in minimum temperatures likely over rest parts of the country during the next 5 days.
-Severe cold wave conditions very likely to continue in Punjab and Haryana-Chandigarh during 18-19 January
-Cold wave conditions to continue in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh on 20 and 21 January
-Cold wave conditions very likely to prevail in Himachal Pradesh on 18 January, over West Uttar Pradesh on 20 and 21 January, and over north Rajasthan during 19-21 January, 2024
IMD update: dense fog prediction
-Very dense fog conditions are very likely to prevail in East Uttar Pradesh till 19 January.
-Very dense fog conditions very likely to prevail in Uttarakhand on 18 January
-Dense fog conditions very likely to prevail in north Rajasthan during 18-20 January, over north Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura during 18-19 January
-Similar conditions will also prevail over Himachal Pradesh on 18 January
-Severe cold day conditions very likely to continue in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh during 18-19 January, and cold day conditions in some parts on 20 and 21 January
-Severe cold day conditions are very likely to continue in some parts of West Uttar Pradesh on 18 January, and cold days will prevail in isolated pockets during 19-21 January.
-Severe cold day conditions are very likely to continue in northwest Madhya Pradesh on 18 and 19 January.
-Cold day conditions are very likely to continue in isolated pockets of Bihar during 17-21 January, and over Rajasthan on 18 January
Train delay
Passengers face difficulty at New Delhi Railway Station as several trains run late due to cold waves. 18 trains to Delhi from various parts of the country are running late due to dense fog conditions as of 18 January.
Delayed trains to Delhi include Jammu Tawi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express which was delayed by 1 hour and 45 minutes, Bangalore-Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express which was delayed by one hour and 10 minutes, Bhubneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani express delayed by three hours and 45 minutes.
Flight delay/cancelled
Flight delays and cancellations continue to hamper travel plans for many as dense fog covered the national capital Delhi. Passengers were seen waiting for the movement of their scheduled flights as several flights got delayed and a few got cancelled due to fog in several parts of the country.
"I have come from Bahrain. My flight was delayed by one hour," said passenger Diljit Kaur at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.
