IMD forecasts rain, snowfall in Northern States

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rainfall and snowfall activity over Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad during the next 3-4 days. A similar condition is expected in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand till Saturday. The IMD said that light to moderate rainfall is very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh during the next 5 days.

The weather agency said that a cyclonic circulation lies over northeast



Assam at lower tropospheric levels. Under its influence, light to moderate rainfall is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya till Saturday.

IMD has also said that dense to very dense fog conditions in night hours will continue in some parts of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, coastal Odisha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim till 1st February. Meanwhile, some parts of the National Capital region witnessed a thin layer of fog this morning.