The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said cold snaps and cold weather are likely to hit parts of northwestern India in the next two to three days, as fresh western unrest is expected to affect the western Himalayas this week.

Isolated rain or snow is likely in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Tuesday. Dry weather is likely for the next three days. The south of the Himalayas in West Bengal and Sikkim are likely to experience fairly widespread light or moderate rainfall from Tuesday to Wednesday. Light rain is expected in Bihar, Jharkhand, Ganges West Bengal and Odisha on Tuesday.

“The combination of western disturbance and moisture from rain from northerly winds is creating a low cloud layer. Temperatures will be cooler for the next two days due to lack of sunshine. After that, when a cold wave is likely between January 26 and 29 The north winds will accelerate to about 20 km/h. This will be the first cold wave in January this year. Northwest India has had warm nighttime temperatures and very low daytime temperatures in January so far,” IMD National Weather Forecast Center senior scientist RK Jenamani said.

Under the influence of the new western disturbance on January 29, light in the Western Himalayas may be isolated from scattered rain or snow until January 31. At night and in the morning, dense fog and fog may occur in remote areas of Punjab. Uttar Pradesh.

Under the influence of the new western disturbance on January 29, light in the Western Himalayas may be isolated from scattered rain or snow until January 31. At night and in the morning, dense fog and fog may occur in remote areas of Punjab. Uttar Pradesh.

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