Hailstorms in Meghalaya, Assam likely today: MeT

Shillong, Dec 26: The MeT Department on Monday warned of snowfall in Arunachal Pradesh and hailstorms in some places in Meghalaya and Assam in the next 24 hours.
A bulletin issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre in Guwahati said that light to moderate snowfall is likely to occur in isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh in the next 24 hours.
It said that a few places in Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh may receive hailstorms during the period.
According to the bulletin, the mercury is likely to dip across the region, with the minimum temperature in Shillong likely to be around 7 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and going down to 6.0 degrees by the end of the week. The minimum temperature in Aizawl likely to be 7.1 degrees Celsius and in Imphal it likely to be 7.7 degrees Celsius.
Agartala and Guwahati will be the warmest cities in the region with temperatures likely to be 29.1 degrees Celsius and 23 degrees Celsius respectively.
Most parts of North India including Delhi and its neighbouring plains shivered under a “severe” cold on Monday and battled a dense to very dense fog swept over them as the Met department predicted the conditions to persist over the next few days.
A severe cold wave gripped the region with the maximum temperature plummeting 10 degrees below normal in Delhi.
Meteorologists attributed the sharp drop in day temperatures to frigid northwesterly winds barrelling through the plains and reduced sunshine due to foggy weather. (PTI)