24-Dec; North India has been shivering under a thick blanket of fog and cold wave conditions for the past few days.Foggy conditions also have brought down visibility levels in the morning in many northern states. Delhi on Friday, recorded the season’s coldest morning with the mercury dipping to 5.3 degrees Celsius.On Saturday as well the national capital witnessed a chilly morning, however, the temperature in the city was slightly higher. Data from Regional Meteorological Centre in New Delhi showed the temperature was recorded at 8.2 degrees Celsius.The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in its forecast for today, December 24, predicted mainly clear skies and moderate fog in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 20 and 5 degrees Celsius, respectively.The weathermen also predicted free from the dense layer of fog over Punjab, Haryana, North Rajasthan, Delhi, and Bihar though the minimum temperatures over the many parts of the Northwestern Plains are in the range of five to eight degree-Celsius.
