Fog engulfs parts of North, North-East India; Delhi's air quality 'very poor'
India | February 03, 2021 10:19 ISTThe air quality continued to remain in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday, with overall AQI (Air Quality Index) standing at 362.
The air quality continued to remain in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday, with overall AQI (Air Quality Index) standing at 362.
Visibility was reported at 25 meters due to dense fog in Bareilly, Lucknow, and Gorakhpur on Tuesday. Visibility of 50 meters was reported at Ganganagar, Patiala, Baharaich, and Purnea, IMD said.
In the plains, the IMD declares a cold wave if the minimum temperature dips to four degrees Celsius. A severe cold wave is when the minimum is 2 degrees Celsius or less.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a tweet stated, "Visibility (in meter) recorded 0530 hours IST of January 31: Delhi (Palam and Safdarjung)-1000m."
Delhi remained enveloped in a layer of fog on Friday morning whereas the low visibility hindered the traffic movement in the national capital.
Delhi on Thursday remained enveloped in a layer of fog with visibility as low as 0 meter at some isolated pockets of the national capital.
Delhi had recorded a cold day on Sunday with the maximum temperature dropping to 15 degrees Celsius, six notches below normal and the lowest this month.
Delhi's minimum temperature rose to eight degrees Celsius on Saturday even as fog lowered visibility to 300 metres in some parts of the city, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Delhi's minimum temperature dropped to 4.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, on Friday even as foggy conditions disrupted traffic movement, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Parts of North India reel under the cold wave condition with dense fog and low visibility in the isolated pockets.
Delhi witnessed dense fog on Saturday morning that led to poor visibility in several parts of the national capital.
Parts of Delhi-NCR reeled under a severe cold wave and witnessed dense fog on Thursday morning. IMD said that the minimum temperature dropped to 2 degrees Celsius.
Delhi's minimum temperature was recorded at seven degrees Celsius on Monday and is likely to drop further as cold winds from the snow-clad western Himalayas continued to sweep the plains, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Delhi's minimum temperature dropped to 9.6 degrees Celsius on Friday, a day after it rose to 14.4 degrees Celsius, the highest in January in four years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Delhi recorded the season’s lowest temperature at 1.1 degrees Celsius on Friday, news agency ANI reported. As per the India Meteorological Department, minimum temperature of 1.1 degrees Celsius was recorded at Safdarjung observatory.
Dense fog over Delhi reduced visibility to just 50 metres, as the minimum temperature in the city dipped to 3.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the season's lowest so far, the India Meteorological Department said.
The India Meteorological Department said the Safdarjung Observatory recorded a minimum of 5.5 degrees Celsius on Monday morning as against 3.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the lowest this season so far.
According to the IMD, a "cold day" is when the minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum is at least 4.4 degrees Celsius below the normal. A "severe" cold day is when the maximum temperature is at least 6.5 notches below the normal.
Delhiites woke up to a chilly morning on Thursday with minimum temperature dipping to 5 degree Celsius, 3 degrees below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Mausam app. The IMD has predicted a maximum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius today, four notches below normal.
The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday as cold winds continued to sweep across the city.
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