SkyMet weather, a private weather forecast service agency, on Saturday, quashed the predictions that Delhi will witness a subzero dip next week, with temperatures dropping to as far as minus 4 degrees Celsius.
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Sub-zero dip predictions are rumours: SkyMet
“There are rumors going on in newspapers and TV channels about minimum of Delhi dipping to subzero. This is a wrong prediction, probably to get some highlight. Please do not believe in such baseless rumors. Ongoing WD is moving away eastwards,” the weather agency wrote in a tweet.
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IMPORTANT THREAD 🧵 There are rumors going on in newspapers and TV channels about minimum of #Delhi dipping to subzero. This is a wrong prediction, probably to get some highlight. Please do not believe in such baseless rumors. Ongoing WD is moving away eastwards. #DelhiWeather
— SkymetWeather (@SkymetWeather) January 13, 2023
“Icy cold winds from north have already commenced over Rajasthan and Gujarat leading to a drop in minimum and maximum temperatures. Temperatures of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh, and west Madhya Pradesh may fall from January 14 and 15,” it added.
No possibility of a drop below 0 degrees
The agency claimed that Delhi might witness a minimum of 3-4 degrees between 16 and 18 January but there is no possibility of temperature going below the 0 degrees mark. However, isolated pockets may witness a minimum temperature of around 2 degrees.
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Online platform founder made -4 degree prediction
This update comes after Navdeep Dahiya, the founder of Live Weather of India, an online weather platform, made predictions on January 11 about the possibility of subzero temperatures.
Don’t know how to put this up but upcoming spell of #Coldwave in #India look really extreme during 14-19th January 2023 with peak on 16-18th, Never seen temperature ensemble going this low in a prediction model so far in my career.
Freezing -4°c to +2°c in plains, Wow! pic.twitter.com/pyavdJQy7v— Weatherman Navdeep Dahiya (@navdeepdahiya55) January 11, 2023
Never seen temperature ensemble going this low in a prediction model so far in my career. Freezing -4°c to +2°c in plains, Wow!” the weather expert tweeted, tagging his post with a graphical representation of how the cold wave will spread over the plains this week.
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The national capital on Saturday morning recorded its minimum temperature at 10.2 degree Celsius – three notches above the season’s average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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