Monday, January 29, 2024

Time of Issue: 1315 hours IST

(MID-DAY)

ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN

Significant Weather Features:
Minimum temperatures: Minimum temperatures are in the range of 7-10°C over many parts of
Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, north Rajasthan, northeast
Madhya Pradesh and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim. These are below normal by 2-4°C over
some parts of Bihar and in isolated pockets of East Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal; in
the range of 1-3°C over Delhi and East Madhya Pradesh. Today, the lowest minimum temperature of
5.0 °C reported at Sabaur (Bihar).

Weather Systems and Forecast & Warnings during next 5 days:

❖ Three Western Disturbances in quick succession are likely to affect northwest India during
next one week. Under the influence of these systems:
• Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/snowfall very likely over Jammu, Kashmir,
Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during next 7 days (29th
Jan to 04th Feb)
• Isolated heavy rainfall/snowfall also likely over Kashmir on 30th & 31st January; over Himachal Pradesh
on 31st January & 01st February, Uttarakhand on 31st January and Arunachal Pradesh on 02nd February,
2024.
• Light/moderate isolated to scattered rainfall very likely over Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
during 31st January & 01st February, 2024.
• Isolated hailstorm likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim on 31st January & 02nd February,
2024.

Dense fog and Cold day warning: (graphics in Annexure II)

❖ Dense to very dense fog conditions very likely to prevail in morning hours over some parts of Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar of 30th January; in isolated pockets for subsequent 2-3 days.
❖ Dense to very dense fog conditions very likely to prevail in morning hours over some parts of Punjab,
Haryana and Chandigarh on 30th January, 2024 and significant reduction thereafter.
❖ Dense Fog conditions in isolated pockets very likely to prevail for a few hours in morning over
Uttarakhand & Odisha on 30th and over north Rajasthan on 30th & 31st January, 2024.
❖ Cold Day to Severe Cold Day conditions very likely to continue in some parts over Bihar on 29th & 30th
and in isolated pockets for subsequent 2 days.
❖ Cold Day to Severe Cold Day conditions very likely to continue in some parts of Uttar Pradesh on 29th;
in isolated pockets on 30th January and cold day in isolated pockets over East Uttar Pradesh on 31st
January, 2024.

Minimum Temperature Forecast and Cold wave warning: (graphics in Annexure II)
❖ Rise by 2-4°C in minimum temperatures very likely over many parts of Northwest & Central India
during next 4 days.
❖ Rise by 2-3°C in minimum temperatures very likely over many parts of East India during next 2 days
and no significant change thereafter.
❖ No Cold wave conditions very likely over most parts of the country during next 5 days.

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Main Weather Observations:

❖ Rainfall distribution (from 0830 hours IST of yesterday to 0830 hours IST of today): at many
places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, at a few places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-
Baltistan-Muzaffarabad and Lakshadweep; at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh.

❖ Heavy rainfall observed at isolated places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

❖ Significant rainfall amount recorded (from 0830 hours IST of yesterday to 0830 hours IST of
today): (in cm): Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Maya Bandar (dist. North & Middle Andaman) 7.

❖ Yesterday, Cold day to severe cold day conditions prevailed over some parts of Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar and in isolated pockets of Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana.

❖ No Cold wave conditions very likely over most parts of the country during next 5 days.

❖ Fog conditions observed (at 0830 hours IST of today): Dense to very Dense fog in some parts of
East Uttar Pradesh and in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar; Moderate fog in isolated pockets of Delhi and Shallow fog in isolated pockets of West Madhya
Pradesh.

❖ Visibility recorded (at 0830 hours IST of today) (≤500 metres): Punjab: Amritsar & Ludhiana-25
each, Patiala & Bhatinda- 200 each; East Uttar Pradesh: Bahraich & Gorakhpur- 25 each, Lucknow,
Fursatganj, Sultanpur & Varansi-50 each, Prayagraj-200; Bihar: Purnea- 25, Patna-50, Chapra-200,
Bhagalpur & Darbhanga-500 each; Haryana: Ambala & Karnal-50, Hissar-200; Rajasthan:
Ganganagar & Jaipur-50 each; West Uttar Pradesh: Meerut-50, Agra-400, Bareilly-500; Delhi:
Ridge-200 and Palam, Safdarjung & Ayanagar-500 each; West Madhya Pradesh: Gwalior-500.

❖ Minimum Temperature Departures (as on 29-01-2024): Minimum temperatures are

appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at isolated places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-
Baltistan-Muzaffarabad; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at many places over Konkan & Goa, Madhya
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; at isolated places over Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, South Interior Karnataka, Coastal Andhra
Pradesh & Yanam and Telangana. They are below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at isolated places over
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sub-
Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya and near normal over rest parts of the
country. Today, the lowest minimum temperature of 5.0°C is reported at Sabaur (Bihar) over
the plains of the country.

❖ Maximum Temperature Departures (as on 28-01-2024): Maximum temperatures were

appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at isolated places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-
Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Saurashtra & Kutch; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C)
at most places over Gujarat Region; at many places over West Madhya Pradesh; at a few places over
West Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala
& Mahe and Lakshadweep; at isolated places over Chhattisgarh, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra
and Telangana. They were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at many places over West Uttar
Pradesh; at a few places over East Uttar Pradesh; at isolated places over Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi,
Uttarakhand and Bihar; appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at isolated places over
Gangetic West Bengal; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at a few places over Odisha; at isolated
places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Vidarbha and near normal over rest parts of
the country. Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 35.6 °C was reported at Karwar
(Coastal Karnataka) & Cannur (Kerala).

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Meteorological Analysis (Based on 0830 hours IST)

❖ A Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation lies over north Pakistan & neighbourhood
at 3.1 km with trough aloft in middle tropospheric westerlies at 5.8 km above mean sea
level runs roughly along Long. 72°E to the north of Lat. 32°N.

❖ Another Western Disturbance as a trough in middle tropospheric westerlies at 5.8 km

above mean sea level roughly along Long. 55°E to the north of Lat. 32°N persists.

❖ The cyclonic circulation over northwest Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab & Haryana
extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

❖ Jet Stream Winds of the order of 120-140 knots at 12.6 km above mean sea level continue
to prevail over North India.

❖ A fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect Northwest India from 30th January and
another from 03rd February, 2024.

Weather Forecast for next 7 days (Upto 0830 hours IST of 05th Feb., 2024)

❖ Meteorological sub-division wise detailed 7 days rainfall forecast is given in

Table-1.

❖ Rise by 2-4°C in minimum temperatures very likely over many parts of

Northwest & Central India during next 4 days.

❖ Rise by 2-3°C in minimum temperatures very likely over many parts of East
India during next 2 days and no significant change thereafter.

❖ No significant change in minimum temperatures over rest parts of the

country.

Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days

❖ Light rainfall/snowfall at isolated places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-

Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, north Haryana, West
Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, northeast India and light rainfall at isolated
places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

❖ Mainly dry weather likely to prevail over rest parts of the country.

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 Table-1

7 Days Rainfall Forecast

29-Jan 30-Jan 31-Jan 01-Feb 02-Feb 03-Feb 04-Feb
S. No. Subdivision
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS SCT SCT SCT SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH ISOL SCT SCT FWS WS SCT SCT
3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA DRY ISOL ISOL SCT FWS ISOL ISOL
4 NAGALAND, MANIPUR, MIZORAM & TRIPURA DRY ISOL ISOL SCT FWS ISOL ISOL
5 SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL SCT ISOL ISOL
6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL DRY ISOL SCT FWS SCT DRY DRY
7 ODISHA DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY
8 JHARKHAND DRY DRY ISOL SCT DRY DRY DRY
9 BIHAR DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY
10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH DRY DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY ISOL
11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH DRY DRY SCT SCT DRY ISOL ISOL
12 UTTARAKHAND DRY ISOL WS FWS ISOL SCT FWS
13 HARYANA CHANDIGARH & DELHI DRY DRY SCT SCT DRY SCT ISOL
14 PUNJAB DRY ISOL FWS SCT DRY SCT ISOL
15 HIMACHAL PRADESH ISOL FWS WS WS ISOL FWS FWS
16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH SCT WS WS SCT ISOL WS WS
17 WEST RAJASTHAN DRY DRY ISOL DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL
18 EAST RAJASTHAN DRY DRY ISOL DRY DRY ISOL ISOL
19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
21 GUJARAT REGION DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
22 SAURASHTRA & KUTCH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
23 KONKAN & GOA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
25 MARATHAWADA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
26 VIDARBHA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
27 CHHATTISGARH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
28 COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH & YANAM DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
29 TELANGANA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
30 RAYALASEEMA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
31 TAMILNADU PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY DRY
32 COASTAL KARNATAKA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY
35 KERALA & MAHE DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY
36 LAKSHADWEEP DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

%
Legend Category Stations
WS Widespread/Most Places 76-100
FWS Fairly Widespread/Many Places 51-75
SCT Scattered/ A Few Places 26-50
ISOL Isolated Places 1-25
DRY No Rain 0

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 Fig. 1: Maximum Temperatures Fig. 2: Departure of Maximum Temperatures

Fig. 3: Minimum Temperatures Fig. 4: Departure of Minimum Temperatures

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 Fig. 5: Accumulated Rainfall (mm) during past 24 hours

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29 January (Day 1):
❖ Dense to very dense fog conditions very likely in some parts over Punjab, Haryana,
Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and Dense fog in isolated pockets over
Uttarakhand, north Rajasthan and Odisha.
❖ Cold day to severe cold day conditions very likely in some parts over Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar.
❖ Squally weather with wind speed 40-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph very likely to
prevail over Comorin area and southeast Bay of Bengal. Fishermen are advised not
to venture into these areas.

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30 January (Day 2):
❖ Dense to very dense fog conditions very likely in isolated pockets over Uttar
Pradesh and Dense fog in some parts over Bihar; in isolated pockets over north
Rajasthan.
❖ Cold day to severe cold day conditions very likely in some parts over Bihar; in
isolated pockets over Uttar Pradesh.
❖ Heavy Rainfall/snowfall very likely at isolated places over Jammu-Kashmir-
Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad.
❖ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning very likely at isolated places over
Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and
Punjab.
❖ Squally weather with wind speed 40-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph very likely to
prevail over Comorin area. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas.

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31 January (Day 3):
❖ Dense to very dense fog conditions very likely in isolated pockets over East Uttar
Pradesh and Dense fog in some parts over Bihar.
❖ Cold day to severe cold day conditions very likely in isolated pockets over Bihar;
Cold day conditions in isolated pockets over East Uttar Pradesh.
❖ Heavy Rainfall/snowfall very likely at isolated places over Jammu-Kashmir-
Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
❖ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & hail very likely at isolated places
over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and with lightning at isolated places
over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and West Uttar Pradesh.

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01 February (Day 4):
❖ Dense fog conditions likely in some parts over Bihar.
❖ Cold day to severe cold day conditions likely in isolated pockets over Bihar.
❖ Heavy Rainfall/snowfall likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh.
❖ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning likely at isolated places over
Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh.

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02 February (Day 5):
❖ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & hail likely at isolated places over
Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and with lightning at isolated places over
Uttarakhand.
❖ Heavy Rainfall/snowfall likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh.

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