Dense fog delays trains, flights in Delhi; IMD issues Yellow alert
The dense fog that enveloped Delhi in the early morning on Friday resulted in the delay of several trains and flights as the weather department issued a yellow alert for Saturday.
The India Meteorology Department has forecast thunderstorm accompanied with squall or gusty winds across the state on Sunday.
The weather office has said thundershowers accompanied with squall, with wind speed reaching 50-70 kmph, are “very likely” at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha.
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Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand may experience hail too, while there are high chances of duststorm at some places in Rajasthan.
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Thunderstorm over the hill states and its subsequent effect on the plains in north India is due to a new western disturbance from Sunday, according to the IMD.
On Sunday, thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds is also likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, south Madhya Maharashtra, South Interior Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Kerala and Tamilnadu and Puducherry.
According to the IMD advisory, heavy rain is “very likely” at isolated places in Karnataka, Lakshadweep and Kerala.
Similar weather conditions are likely to prevail through the week.
There is also a warning of heat wave in Vidarbha and a few pockets of Rajasthan.
On Saturday evening, duststorm followed by light rain was reported from Chandigarh and its surrounding areas and some parts of Haryana and Punjab. The change in weather brought in relief as the day temperatures at most places in both states were in the 40-45 degrees Celsius range.
Several states in north India have witnessed erratic weather pattern over the fortnight. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have alone witnessed over 120 deaths due to thunderstorm and violent winds in the first week of May.
Meanwhile, one person died and two others were injured when lightning struck Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday.
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