Delhi: Shallow fog in parts of city
The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 9.4 degrees Celsius as shallow fog wrapped parts of the city on Tuesday morning, reported news agency PTI.
Amid shallow fog in parts of city, the relative humidity at 8:30 am stood at 97 per cent, according to the India Metrological Department (IMD).
Due to shallow fog in parts of city, sixteen Delhi-bound trains or those traversing through the city were running late on Tuesday due to weather-related conditions, reported PTI.
Delhi on Monday recorded its coldest day of the month so far as the minimum temperature dropped to 5.3 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season`s average and almost the same as the hill station of Nainital, according to the IMD, reported PTI.
Nainital recorded a low of 5.4 degrees Celsius a day earlier, reported PTI.
On December 15 last year, the national capital recorded its lowest minimum temperature of the season so far at 4.9 degrees, four notches below the season`s average.
“Cold day to severe cold day conditions are very likely to persist in some parts of Delhi on Tuesday and abate thereafter,” an IMD official said on Monday, reported PTI.
Delhi`s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 366, in the very poor category, at 9 am.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor, and 401 and 500 severe.
Meanwhile, fog enveloped many parts of North India including Uttar Pradesh, among others, on Tuesday morning, causing disruptions to daily life and impacting visibility.
Visibility in some parts of Uttar Pradesh was down to a mere 50 metres, while isolated pockets of Rajasthan, Bihar, Haryana-Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha experience dense fog with visibility ranging from 50 to 200 metres, according to the Met Department.
Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, witnessed dense fog in the morning hours with visibility dipping as low as 50 metres at 5:30 am today.
“Fog conditions observed (at 0530 IST of today): Very Dense fog (visibility < 50 metre) in some parts of Uttar Pradesh; Dense fog (visibility 50-200 metre) in isolated pockets of Rajasthan, Bihar, Haryana-Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha.” said Met Department.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
