The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a forecast on Tuesday indicating that a hailstorm accompanied by winds of up to 50 kilometers per hour will affect the northwest region of India the following week, including Delhi. According to the most recent forecast from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the city of Delhi will experience rain, hail, and wind gusts of up to 50 kilometers per hour throughout the week that will follow. According to the IMD, an active Western Disturbance is forecast to make landfall in the northwest region of India between January 21 and January 25.
According to the statement, precipitation of some kind is likely to start falling across the western Himalayan region somewhere in the early hours of January 21 as a result of the effect of the system. The warning went on to say that it will last through January 25 and that the 23rd and 24th would see the most intense activity. Hailstorms ranging from light to moderate intensity are forecast for Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, and north Rajasthan on January 23 and 24. These storms are predicted to occur in scattered regions.
On January 23 and 24, gusts of wind that could reach up to 50 kilometers per hour are forecasted to blow through Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and western parts of Uttar Pradesh. There has been no snow or rain in Delhi at any point throughout this winter season. The Safdarjung observatory, which serves as the city's base station, recorded a temperature of 2.4 degrees Celsius as the city's lowest reading. It was a few degrees warmer than the low temperature of 1.4 degrees Celsius that was recorded on Monday. That low temperature was the lowest for the month since January 1, 2021.