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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that a thin fog enveloped Delhi on Monday, with the minimum temperature dropping to 8 degrees Celsius.
However, the national capital’s Air Quality Index was 239, placing it in the “poor” category.
“For the next three days, surface wind speed (calm to 12 km/h) and temperature (saximum 19-18 degrees Celsius; minimum 6-4 degrees) are likely to worsen the air quality. Mixing layer height is likely to be 1.0 km that helps dilution of pollutants,” said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research.
Meanwhile, the IMD predicted that dense to very dense fog is very likely in some pockets in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh in the next 2-3 days, and in isolated pockets over Bihar in the next four days, due to light winds and high moisture near the surface over the Indo-Gangetic plains.
Dense fog in isolated pockets will prevail over Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Sub Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura over the next 2-3 days, according to the forecast.
“Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions in isolated pockets is very likely over the northern parts of Rajasthan during January 1-3 and cold wave conditions thereafter. Cold wave conditions in isolated pockets over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during January 1-4; over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi during January 1-5 and over West Uttar Pradesh on January 2 and 3,” the Department added.
SourceIANS
