New Delhi: A thick blanket of fog lashed the national capital on Monday morning due to severe cold. poor visibility,
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city recorded a minimum temperature of 10.5 degrees Celsius at 7 am on Monday, while the maximum is expected to touch 14.9 degrees Celsius.
The IMD said that another cold spell is likely over northwest India from January 24, with several western disturbances causing heavy rains in the northern plains and snowfall in the hills.
The Meteorological Department has predicted that there is a possibility of scattered or light rain in some parts of Delhi today. It also said that there is a possibility of dense fog conditions at isolated places. Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan during the next two days and on January 24, cold day conditions are observed in these areas.
Cold wave conditions are very likely at isolated places over these areas during January 25-27.
Due to cold weather, homeless people took shelter in night shelters Ganesh Nagar,
A caretaker here said, “We provide tea and rusks in the morning along with lunch and dinner. There is a capacity of 10-15 people. We are following the COVID-19 protocol.”
It has been raining in Delhi for the past two days and the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said that the overall air quality index has been recorded at 145, which is an improvement in the ‘moderate’ category.
SAFAR said, “The AQI has improved significantly today due to the clearing of particulates and wet deposition from yesterday’s rain. The rain is likely to continue today, leading to further improvement in the AQI at ‘low end of medium’ or ‘satisfactory’ Will happen.” bulletin
SAFAR said, “Dust storm occurred from the Gulf region moving towards Gujarat coast and parts of Maharashtra, however, due to the prevailing effect of Western Disturbance and associated intermittent drizzle/rainfall, the air quality of Delhi is affected. The weather conditions are likely to prevail with normal emissions from Mela anthropogenic activity from 24 January onwards, partially offset by moderate ventilation, resulting in gradual accumulation of pollutants to ‘moderate’ or ‘moderate’ AQI. Brings it back to ‘bad’.”
According to government agencies, AQI between zero and 50 is ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘serious’.
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city recorded a minimum temperature of 10.5 degrees Celsius at 7 am on Monday, while the maximum is expected to touch 14.9 degrees Celsius.
The IMD said that another cold spell is likely over northwest India from January 24, with several western disturbances causing heavy rains in the northern plains and snowfall in the hills.
The Meteorological Department has predicted that there is a possibility of scattered or light rain in some parts of Delhi today. It also said that there is a possibility of dense fog conditions at isolated places. Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan during the next two days and on January 24, cold day conditions are observed in these areas.
Cold wave conditions are very likely at isolated places over these areas during January 25-27.
Due to cold weather, homeless people took shelter in night shelters Ganesh Nagar,
A caretaker here said, “We provide tea and rusks in the morning along with lunch and dinner. There is a capacity of 10-15 people. We are following the COVID-19 protocol.”
It has been raining in Delhi for the past two days and the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said that the overall air quality index has been recorded at 145, which is an improvement in the ‘moderate’ category.
SAFAR said, “The AQI has improved significantly today due to the clearing of particulates and wet deposition from yesterday’s rain. The rain is likely to continue today, leading to further improvement in the AQI at ‘low end of medium’ or ‘satisfactory’ Will happen.” bulletin
SAFAR said, “Dust storm occurred from the Gulf region moving towards Gujarat coast and parts of Maharashtra, however, due to the prevailing effect of Western Disturbance and associated intermittent drizzle/rainfall, the air quality of Delhi is affected. The weather conditions are likely to prevail with normal emissions from Mela anthropogenic activity from 24 January onwards, partially offset by moderate ventilation, resulting in gradual accumulation of pollutants to ‘moderate’ or ‘moderate’ AQI. Brings it back to ‘bad’.”
According to government agencies, AQI between zero and 50 is ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘serious’.
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