"The western disturbances are likely to affect the Himalayan region from the night of January 20 to January 26 while the plains of the northwest will be affected from January 23 to January 25," tweeted IMD.
As cold wave conditions continued to grip Northwest India including Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Haryana, the weather office issued orange and yellow alerts in several parts..
Two Western Disturbances in quick succession are likely to affect northwest India on January 18 and another on January 20, said India Meteorological Department.
India Meteorological Department on Monday said that two western disturbances in quick succession are likely to affect northwest India on January 18 and 20, as a result, cold wave conditions over northwest India are likely to abate from January 19.
Meanwhile, over North India, cold wave to severe cold wave conditions are very likely over many parts of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi till January 17 and thereafter in isolated pockets on January 18.
Even as Thursday saw a rise in temperature, the weather department has predicted that cold wave conditions will re-emerge over the entire North-West India and peak between January 15 and 16.
Keeping in mind the severe cold conditions, a revised notice was issued by the Government of Uttar Pradesh regarding holidays in schools of the state. An official notice has been issued by the district magistrates in various districts. As per the notice, all schools up to class 8 will remain
In view of the increasing cold wave in North India, the Jharkhand government on Sunday issued a notice to close both government and private schools for students of Classes KG to 5 in the state till January 14. Regular classes will resume on January 16.
Foul air has returned to haunt residents in the national capital, amid the ongoing severe cold wave conditions, which prompted the Met department to issue a red alert for biting cold on Saturday.