❄️🌫️ India Enters a High-Impact Weather Phase

Weather conditions across India are expected to remain active during the end of December and early January. Rainfall and snowfall activity over the western Himalayan region, thunderstorms over island territories, and widespread fog, cold wave, and cold day conditions over northern, central, and eastern parts of the country are likely to affect daily life and travel. A detailed forecast is given below.

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🌧️ Weather Forecast & Warnings

Rainfall & Snowfall

Scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall and snowfall is very likely over:

• Jammu–Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad during 30 December to 02 January

• Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during 30 December to 02 January

In addition, isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall is likely over:

• Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and West Rajasthan on 29 and 30 December

• West Uttar Pradesh on 01 January

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Thunderstorm Activity

Isolated thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds (30–40 km/h) are likely to prevail over the Andaman & Nicobar Islands during 29 to 31 December.

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🌡️ Minimum Temperature Forecast

Northwest India

Minimum temperatures are expected to show a gradual rise of 3–4°C over the next 3 days, followed by a fall of 3–4°C during the subsequent 4 days.

Central India

A gradual rise of 2–3°C in minimum temperatures is very likely over the next 5 days, after which no significant change is expected.

East India

No significant change in minimum temperatures is likely over the next 2 days, followed by a gradual rise of 2–3°C during the subsequent 3 days.
Over Jharkhand, no significant change is expected during the next 24 hours, followed by a rise of 2–3°C during the subsequent 6 days.

Western & Other Regions

• Gujarat: No significant change for the next 3 days, followed by a fall of 2–3°C during the subsequent 4 days

• North Maharashtra: No significant change for the next 2 days, followed by a fall of 2–3°C during the subsequent 5 days

• Remaining parts of India: No significant change expected during the next 7 days

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🌫️ Dense Fog, Cold Wave & Cold Day Warnings

🌁 Very Dense Fog

Very dense fog during night and morning hours is very likely to continue over:

• Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, and West Uttar Pradesh till 31 December

• East Uttar Pradesh till 01 January

• Odisha during 31 December to 02 January

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🌁 Dense Fog

Dense fog conditions are likely during night and morning hours in isolated pockets of:

• Jammu–Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, and Madhya Pradesh till 30 December

• Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar till 05 January

• Delhi till 31 December

• Arunachal Pradesh till 31 December

• Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura till 03 January

• Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim till 03 January

• Odisha till 03 January

• Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand till 31 December

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❄️ Cold Day & Cold Wave Alerts

Severe Cold Day / Cold Day

• Uttar Pradesh: Severe cold day conditions at some pockets on 29 December

• Himachal Pradesh: Cold day conditions at isolated pockets on 31 December and 01 January

• Uttarakhand: Cold day conditions on 29 and 30 December

• Bihar: Cold day conditions during 29 to 31 December

• Jharkhand: Cold day conditions on 29 December

• West Uttar Pradesh: Cold day conditions on 29 and 30 December

• East Uttar Pradesh: Cold day conditions on 29 to 31 December

Cold Wave

Cold wave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets of:

• Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, West Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh till 30 December

• Odisha till 31 December

• Himachal Pradesh during 01 to 03 January

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🔔 Public Advisory

Widespread fog, cold wave, and cold day conditions are likely to affect visibility and travel across several parts of the country, especially during night and early morning hours. Residents are advised to take adequate precautions against cold conditions, while travelers should remain alert to possible delays in road, rail, and air transport.

📡 Stay tuned to official weather updates for the latest advisories.

— Meteora Weather Service