Delhi on orange alert for dense fog; IMD issues cold wave warning for North India | Weather updates

Isolated pockets of dense fog are also expected over east Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh till December 29. Similar conditions are likely to prevail over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Meghalaya, as well as Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Odisha till January 1, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The weather department has issued an orange alert for Delhi on December 29. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 22 degrees Celsius, while the minimum will settle at 7 degrees Celsius.

Cold day conditions are very likely in isolated areas of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on December 28 and 29, while Bihar may experience similar conditions on December 28. Cold wave conditions are expected in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh during December 28 and 29, and in Jharkhand on December 28.