Weather update and forecast for January 17 across India

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Northeast Monsoon is likely to withdraw from south peninsular India in the next 24 hours.
• A western disturbance will affect the Himalayas from January 19.
• Fog and cold wave conditions will continue over north and northwest India.
• Rain and snow are likely in the hills between January 16 and 20.

The weather system over the country:

Conditions are becoming favourable for the cessation of Northeast Monsoon rains over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe, and adjoining areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Rayalaseema, and south interior Karnataka during the next 24 hours.

The subtropical westerly jet stream, with core winds of the order of 125 knots at 12.6 km above mean sea level, prevails over northwest India.

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A fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the Western Himalayan region from January 19.

A cyclonic circulation is over Lakshadweep and the southeast Arabian Sea off the Kerala coast.

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Weather Activity in the last 24 hours:

During the last 24 hours, weather remained dry over the country.

Cold day to severe cold day conditions occurred in parts of Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh.

Cold day conditions occurred over parts of Haryana, Punjab, and west Uttar Pradesh.

Cold wave conditions occurred over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.

Very dense fog conditions occurred at a few places over west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, and isolated places in Delhi.

Dense fog conditions occurred at a few places over Punjab and isolated places in west Rajasthan.

Moderate fog conditions occurred at a few places over east Uttar Pradesh.

Ground frost occurred in parts of Rajasthan.

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Forecast for the next 24 hours:

During the next 24 hours, light to moderate rain and snowfall are likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and isolated pockets of Uttarakhand between January 16 and 20.

Isolated rain is possible over parts of Punjab between January 18 and 20 and over Haryana, west Uttar Pradesh, and east Rajasthan between January 19 and 20.

Dense to very dense fog conditions are possible during morning and night hours in some parts of Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh till January 17, and dense fog is possible in isolated pockets of these states until January 21.

Cold day conditions are expected in isolated pockets of Haryana and Punjab during the next 24 hours.

Cold wave conditions may occur in parts of Punjab, Haryana, and isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha on January 16 and 17.

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