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Sarsawa coldest in North at 0.8 °C

Cold wave continues to sweep across Punjab, Haryana

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Sarsawa coldest in North at 0.8 °C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 11
Cold wave conditions have developed in some parts of Haryana and Punjab.

Rainfall: Weather was dry over the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures fell in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab and changed little elsewhere. Departure: This was appreciably below normal in Haryana and Punjab, below normal in east Rajasthan and Uttaranchal and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 0.8°C recorded at Sarsawa (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of December 13: Weather will be mainly dry over the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of December 13: Mainly clear sky. Mist in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 6°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of
December 13: Sky will be mainly clear.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Cold wave continues to sweep
across Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, December 11
The cold wave continued unabated in Punjab and Haryana for the third consecutive day with minimum temperatures hovering around 3.5°C at most places.

Amritsar continued to be the coldest place in the north-west region with the minimum temperature recorded at 2.4 degrees, four degrees below normal.

In the Union Territory of Chandigarh and in the major places of Haryana the minimum temperatures dipped to five degrees below normal. Chandigarh recorded a minimum of 3.0 degrees, five degrees below normal.

Ambala was the coldest place in Haryana registering a minimum of 3.1 degrees, five degrees below normal. The minimum in Karnal plunged to 3.9°C from 5.4°C yesterday. The minimum in Hisar was 6.2°C, one degree below normal.

In Punjab, the minimum stayed at four to five degrees below normal at all the places. The minimum in Ludhiana went down to 3.5°C a fall of 1.5 degrees from yesterday, while Patiala recorded a minimum of 3.3°C (five below normal) a fall of three degrees from yesterday.

Biting cold wave conditions prevailed in tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh with the temperature hovering below freezing point in these places. The minimum further dropped by one degree in the capital town of Shimla to 3.9°C. Icy cold winds from the snow clad mountains of the higher reaches swept across the capital resort.

Tourist places of Wildflower Hall, Kufri, Naldehra and Narkanda in Shimla district and the key tourist resort of Manali in Kullu district also experienced cold weather conditions with the mercury staying low at these places. The minimum plumetted to 0.2°C, two degrees below normal, at Bhuntar in Kullu district, while Sundernagar in Mandi district registered 0.6 degrees celsius.

Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded further fall in the temperature to 6.2°C, four degrees below normal. In the national capital of Delhi the minimum was recorded at 4.7 degrees down by almost degrees from yesterday.

Ground frost is likely to occur at isolated places in Punjab during the next two nights while the weather will be mainly sunny in Punjab and Haryana and partly cloudy in Himachal Pradesh during the next 48 hours, according to the Metrological Department here. — UNI