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Informist, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026

MUMBAI – Dense to very dense fog conditions are likely to persist during the night and early morning hours over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi till Tuesday, over Odisha till Monday, over Bihar and east Uttar Pradesh till Friday, and over some parts of Rajasthan till Saturday, the India Meteorological Department said. 

Dense fog conditions are also expected to continue over most parts of northwest and northeast India and some parts of east and central India till Thursday, the weather department said. Visibility in "very dense fog" conditions drops to 0–50 metres and in "dense fog" conditions, between 51 and 200 metres.

The weather bureau has warned of cold day conditions over pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi till Friday, and over Bihar till Saturday. Cold wave conditions are expected over parts of Himachal Pradesh till Sunday, over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi from Friday to Monday, and over Rajasthan from Sunday to Tuesday, the bureau said.

A cold wave condition is when the minimum temperature drops to 10 degrees Celsius or less for plains and 0 degree Celsius or less for hilly regions, according to the weather bureau. Cold day conditions are associated with a fall in maximum temperatures, typically occurring due to persistent low clouding. A cold day occurs when the maximum temperature during the day is at least 4.5 degrees Celsius below normal.

Currently, a western disturbance lies over north Pakistan and adjoining Punjab, which is likely to cause light to moderate rainfall or snowfall over parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand till Friday, the weather bureau said. In the past 24 hours, a trough originating from the western disturbance, running into the Arabian Sea, caused unseasonal showers in some parts of coastal Maharashtra, including Mumbai and its suburbs. 

No significant change in minimum temperature is likely over northwest India for the next 24 hours, after which it could fall by 2–3 degrees Celsius in the next three days, the weather department said. In east India, minimum temperatures are expected to gradually fall by 2–4 degrees Celsius in the next two days, after which no change is likely in the subsequent three days and a further fall by 2–3 degrees Celsius in the subsequent two days.

In Maharashtra, no major change in minimum temperature is likely in the next 24 hours, and thereafter a rise by 2–3 degrees Celsius is seen in the next four days, the weather bureau said. A gradual fall in minimum temperatures is expected over Gujarat by 2–4 degrees Celsius in the next four days, after which it is seen rising by 2–3 degrees Celsius in the subsequent three days.

No significant change in minimum temperature is likely over northeast India in the next seven days.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

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