India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in latest bulletin that dense fog would prevail in Delhi-NCR including Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh between February 14 and 16. The IMD forecasted that dense fog may remain in the morning in Uttar Pradesh on February 14 and 15.
The IMD has also predicted that many states across the country would receive light rainfall in the coming days. According to the reports, it is expected that the weather would deteriorate once again due to another western disturbance. This could cause snowfall in the northern areas between February 14-16.
According to IMD, scattered rains and hails are expected on February 16-17 in the southern part of Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, southern and central parts of Maharashtra and Marathwada .
Many areas of Uttarakhand are expected to receive rain and snowfall between February 14-16. The rainfall may occur in Chamoli, Joshimath and Tapovan.
On Saturday (Februry 13) morning, Delhi was covered under a thick sheet of fog and visibility dropped to 50 meters in Safdarjung and 250 meters in Palam at 8.30 am. As per IMD, Delhi and NCR may experience such weather for a few days. Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 10.8 degrees Celsius and maximum temperature of 26.6 degrees Celsius this morning, while the air quality still remains in "very poor" category.
The IMD forecast suggests a possibility of rain till February 15 in Haryana.