North India’s weather rollercoaster continues with Delhi-NCR slapped by a yellow fog alert on February 3, after a foggy weekend prelude. No respite from the shroud that hid the sun Monday, IMD eyes max 20°C, min 8°C amid zero visibility bouts, echoing the prior day’s disruptions to transport and outdoor plans.
Hill regions in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand gear up for wind-fueled (30-40 km/h) light-moderate rain and snow. Himachal’s highlands top the list for flurries, atop recent tallies—Kothi (Kullu) 15 cm snow, Bhatiyat (Chamba) 21.2 mm rain, Tabo (Lahaul-Spiti) -7.9°C freeze. Such patterns test infrastructure in snow-prone valleys.
Down south in plains, expect scattered showers with thunder in UP, eastern Rajasthan, north Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat February 3, gusts to 50 km/h. Rajasthan’s Kota-Udaipur divisions predict sustained light-moderate rain 2-3 days, following Chittorgarh’s 13 mm. Fog thickens in northwest-east Rajasthan, Punjab (to 3rd), western UP (to 5th).
Fog fallout hits Haryana, Chandigarh, Bihar, Odisha, north MP over 48 hours. Fisherfolk and ships: avoid Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea zones like Comorin, Mannar Gulf, south Tamil Nadu till February 7. Minimums stable in NW-central-east India for a week; Maharashtra warms to 24°C in three. Proactive measures key as cold wave evolves.