Indian States Bracing For La Niña: Essential Travel Tips To Know

As per the sources, IMD believes that this year India is likely to face extreme winters owing to the La Niña weather pattern. This is substantiated by various reports. La Niña is characterized by lower Pacific ocean surface temperatures which induces global climatic variations such as several degrees colder winters in India.

Indian States Bracing For La Niña

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La Niña is the climatic counterpart to El Niño. El Nino leads to warmer periods while La Nina induces cooling in the pacific region. This cooling brings about weather alterations in different parts of the world, inter alia, colder and wetter winters in some places.

The IMD issued its statement on September 2, 2024, explaining that India will face an extremely cold winter season and all the associated consequences. The phenomenon of La Niña, which has already caused cooler temperatures and above-normal precipitation, is also to be expected in this forecast.

La Niña phase usually reaches its strongest intensity during the wet months between October and February with a gradual establishment phase sometime between April and June. This cooling phase can last for up to two years but in the current case of La Niña being experienced, it is said to persist for between nine to twelve months hence covering a long weather cycle. 

This year due to the effect of La Niña and cool sea surface temperatures, India is likely to face a harsh winter characterized by extra drop in temperatures and rainfall. Consequently, the season can be prolonged and more severe than usual.

Influence On The North Indian Region

States and regions in the north such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir will likely have tens and twos of cold weather. The temperatures can fall down to as extreme as 3°C accompanied by prolonged winters, heavy snowfall, and bone chilling weather that disrupts normal activities.

Travel Advice To Keep In Mind

1) Get organized: Before you travel, make sure to look for warnings about traveling to your intention and predictions about the weather.

2) Be prepared: Some parts of the trip may not just go according to streamline and may experience some changes especially in regards to the weather parameter.

3) Travel well: Carry suitable warm clothes, rainproof clothes, and other essentials in case of traveling to the impacted areas.

4) Get active: See how people cope with the problems created by winter, this will certainly make your vacation more interesting and help the locals at the same time.