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Visibility reduced in several areas…
On Wednesday, 03 January 2024, as cold wave conditions prevailed in North India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that moderate to dense fog covered over parts of the region, including Punjab, Haryana, and central parts of UP.
According to the IMD, due to the dense fog cover late Tuesday evening, visibility in the areas was reduced, with Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly recording the lowest at 25.
'Very dense' fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 meters, 51 and 200 meters is 'dense', 201 and 500 meters 'moderate', and 501 and 1,000 meters 'shallow.'
Taking to the social media platform, the IMD said that at 11:30 pm on Tuesday, very dense fog covered isolated pockets of West Uttar Pradesh, and dense fog was over isolated pockets of East Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan.
"Moderate to dense fog cover visible over Punjab, Haryana, north Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh adjoining East Rajasthan, Central parts of Uttar Pradesh south Assam and Tripura," IMD wrote in a series of posts on X.
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