The cold wave and dense fog continued to grip Delhi on Wednesday with the minimum temperature at 7.8 degrees Celsius in the morning.

A layer of dense fog was observed in the national capital region, reducing visibility and the speeds of vehicles across the area.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cold day conditions are likely to abate over northwest India from Wednesday and then resurge from December 31.

“Dense to very dense fog will continue to prevail in the belt. There will be an improvement on Dec 29 because of a western disturbance that will bring fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Leh and Himachal Pradesh. There will be drizzle in north Punjab on Dec 29,” said IMD scientist RK Jenamani.

Another cold wave is expected to set in from December 31 to January 1, 2023, he added.

So far the lowest temperature recorded in Delhi this winter was 4.0 degrees Celsius.

The IMD has predicted that the minimum temperature in the national capital is expected to remain around 7 degrees Celsius throughout the day.

Visibility remained low in Punjab, with Amritsar recording visibility of up to 25 metres and Patiala 200. While Bhatinda recorded zero visibility once more.

Haryana too recorded low visibility. While Ambala recorded a low of 200, visibility in Chandigarh was also 200 metres.

Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly recorded 25m and Bahraich recorded 200m. Bihar’s Purnea and Odisha’s Gopalpur recorded a low of 50m each.

Dense fog is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during the next three days, according to IMD.