The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to fall over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and west Uttar Pradesh during the next two days. Fog as well as cold wave conditions are expected to reduce at east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during the next 48 hours. Rain would continue over Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka during this period.
The Western Disturbance responsible for cold and fog relief over northwest parts of the country is now placed over eastern Jammu & Kashmir and would move away in an east-northeastwards. Thus rain and snowfall over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand would also reduce.
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will have snow or rain at one or two places during the next 24 hours. These places would become more or less dry thereafter.
So, with the exit of warm and moist winds from the region, cool and dry conditions would again become prevalent over northwestern parts of country as icy northerly to northwesterly winds will blow over this region. Night as well as day temperatures are expected to fall by 2 to 4 degrees during the next 48 hours over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Rajasthan.
Maximum temperatures are expected to fall by 2 to 3 degrees during the next 48 hours over Indo-Gangetic plains. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar will see abatement in cold and fog conditions during the next two days as winds have turn westerly. Due to more sunshine, days will become warmer to raise the maximum temperatures. However night temperatures would fall by 1 to 3 degrees as winds during night will be northerly to northeasterly.
The trough of low pressure area near Comorin-Maldives area to Kerala coast now extends from Maldives. Rain is expected to lessen over Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep after the next 24 hours. A trough of low pressure area in the southeast Bay of Bengal will give rain at a few places over the Andaman & Nicobar Islands during the next 24 hour.
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