Winter’s grip tightens over north India with Delhi-NCR under a yellow fog alert for February 3, capping off a foggy Monday without sunlight. The IMD predicts persistent dense fog, pushing minimums to 8°C and highs to 20°C, a chill that has already snarled traffic and aviation. This follows 24 hours of low visibility across the region, underscoring the season’s unforgiving pattern.
Mountain states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are set for another round of precipitation. Expect windsweeping rain and snow at 30-40 km/h speeds in several spots, especially higher elevations. Recent data shows Kullu’s Kothi under 15 cm snow, Chamba’s Bhatiyat with 21.2 mm rain, and Tabo in Lahaul-Spiti dipping to -7.9°C—conditions likely to repeat and worsen travel on key highways.
Shifting to the plains, western disturbances bring light thundershowers to UP, east Rajasthan, north MP, and Gujarat on the 3rd, with gusts reaching 50 km/h. Rajasthan’s southeastern belts—Kota, Udaipur—brace for 2-3 days of mild to moderate rain, after Chittorgarh’s 13 mm downpour. Fog alerts extend to Punjab (till 3rd), west UP (till 5th), and northwest-east Rajasthan.
The fog menace spreads to Haryana, Chandigarh, Bihar, Odisha, and north MP for 48 hours. Sea voyagers, steer clear of Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea pockets, Comorin area, Mannar Gulf, and south Tamil Nadu coasts through February 7. No major minimum temp shifts in north, central, east India for seven days, but Maharashtra eyes a 2-4°C rise to 24°C soon. Safety first amid this volatile weather shift.