Daily Crop Weather Information on 19 December 2020

Abstract

Gradual rise in minimum temperatures by 2-3°C very likely over northwest India during next 48 hours. They are likely to fall by 2-4°C over central parts of India and remain below normal by 2-4°C over east India during the same period. Slight fall in minimum temperatures by 1-2°C over Maharashtra during next 48 hours and gradual rise by 2-3°C thereafter. • Under this scenario: (i) Cold Wave to Severe Cold Wave conditions at a few places very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Uttar Pradesh; at isolated places over Rajasthan and Cold Wave conditions at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Gangetic West Bengal during next 3 days and decrease thereafter except over Uttar Pradesh. (ii) Cold Day to Severe Cold Day conditions at a few places very likely over Uttarakhand and East Uttar Pradesh; at isolated places over West Uttar Pradesh during next 48 hours and Cold Day conditions at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh during next 24 hours. As the day temperatures are expected to rise by 2- 4°C during next 2 days, the Cold Day conditions are likely to abate from these regions from 21st December, 2020. (iii) Ground Frost at isolated places very likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan during next 48 hours and over Madhya Pradesh during next 24 hours. (iv) Dense to Very Dense Fog in isolated pockets very likely over northwest India from 21st December, 2020. Dense Fog in isolated pockets over Punjab and Uttar Pradesh during next 2 days. • Strong surface wind speed reaching 10-20 kmph very likely to prevail over parts of Northwest India during next 2 days.