Severe cold and fog threw daily life out of gear in many regions of Rajasthan with Fatehpur recording the lowest minimum temperature at minus 1 degree Celsius on Monday night.
The entire North Indian belt continued to reel under a severe cold wave condition on Tuesday, with the minimum temperature in Churu, Rajasthan, dropping below 0 degree Celsius.
No active western disturbance is likely in the next one week. Weak systems will move across the mountains between 05th & 06th Dec and 08th & 09th Dec. An active western disturbance is expected around 11-12 Dec.
Defying the earlier predictions, La Nina continues to dominate and is now forecast to last till Northern Hemisphere winters (Dec-Feb). Indian Ocean Dipole is unlikely to collapse before the fall of the year. Stationary MJO keeps the West Pacific a hot basin for tropical cyclones.
Winter in Rajasthan: The state is expected to reel under bitter cold conditions for the next few days, till 01st February. A western disturbance is arriving over the hills and its off shoot circulation in the plains on 01st-02ndFebruary.