Delhi on Sunday remained shrouded with a dense layer of fog, lowering the visibility to zero, officers stated. In view of this, 51 trains have been delayed and several other flights have been rescheduled. An India Meteorological Division (IMD) official stated, “Zero visibility prevailed over Palam from 4 AM to 7.30 AM IST, accompanied by easterly winds at 8-13 kmph.”
“In comparison with Saturday’s 9-hour zero visibility spell, Palam skilled a comparatively shorter length of three.5 hours of zero visibility on Sunday,” the official added.
Visuals from close to the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (IGIA) confirmed a thick layer of fog enveloping the world. “Because of adversarial climate situations, flights to/from Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Lucknow are impacted,” IndiGo stated in a put up on X.
Whereas regretting the inconvenience triggered to passengers, the airline additionally requested them to go to its web site or app to discover alternate flight choices. The utmost temperature within the metropolis settled at 18.6 levels Celsius, 0.7 notch under the conventional common, and the minimal temperature was recorded at 9.4 levels Celsius, IMD famous.
Climate forecast for December 6
The relative humidity in the course of the day ranged between 83 and 95 per cent, it stated. For Monday, the climate division has predicted a usually cloudy sky with a chance of very mild to mild rain accompanied by thunderstorms within the morning.
The predominant floor wind is anticipated to blow from the southeast at a velocity of lower than 4 kmph in the course of the morning hours. Smog and average fog are seemingly in most locations, with dense fog anticipated in just a few areas in the course of the morning.
The wind velocity is forecast to progressively enhance to 6-8 kmph from the southeast within the afternoon, earlier than lowering to lower than 6 kmph from the northwest in the course of the night and night time. Smog or shallow fog is probably going within the night and night time, it added. The utmost and minimal temperatures are anticipated to settle round 18 and 11 levels Celsius, respectively.
(With PTI inputs)