Weather update: Orange alert for heavy snowfall issued in THESE states; light rain in Delhi today. IMD forecast here
heavy to very heavy rain, and snow is likely in Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad on 1st and 2nd March. The authorities in Kashmir have also extended the winter vacation for valley schools by four days given the forecast of inclement weather. The schools, which were scheduled to reopen after a three-month winter vacation on March 1, would now resume on Monday.
In Himachal Pradesh, the weather department has predicted isolated heavy rainfall, and snowfall today and heavy to very heavy rainfall, and snowfall tomorrow. In Uttarakhand, IMD has isolated heavy rainfall, snow and fall on 1st and 2nd March. As per the weather department, light to moderate rain, thunderstorm, and snow are likely at most places in Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Bageshwar, and Pithoragarh districts and many remaining hilly districts of the state.
It also added that snowfall with a height of 3000 meters and above in Uttarakhand. In North East India, scattered light, moderate rainfall, snowfall is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh during the next six days and isolated heavy rainfall, snowfall is likely over Arunachal Pradesh on 4th March. The weather office has issued an isolated heavy rainfall warning over Punjab tomorrow i.e.
on 2nd March. In addition to this, scattered to fairly widespread light, moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds (40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph) has been predicted over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi and scattered light/moderate rainfall over Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh on 1st and 2nd March. As per IMD, isolated light, moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, and lightning has been predicted over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada from
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