New Delhi:
Dense fog enveloped Delhi with visibility dropping to zero early Wednesday, because the minimal temperature dropped sharply to 7.4 levels Celsius, the climate workplace mentioned.
“Palam’s visibility dropped to 50 metres at 12 midnight. It improved to 500 metres by 2.30 am, earlier than dropping to zero at 5.30 am. Winds remained westerly at 5-7 kmph all through the evening,” the India Meteorological Division (IMD) mentioned.
The minimal temperature in Delhi dropped to 7.4 levels Celsius, 0.5 notch above regular, from 10.5 levels Celsius on Tuesday, in accordance with the IMD.
The utmost temperature in Delhi is anticipated to settle round 16 levels Celsius on Wednesday, the climate workplace mentioned.
The capital’s Air High quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 334 at 9 am, dropping to ‘very poor’ class from the ‘poor’ AQI recorded on Tuesday, Central Air pollution Management Board information confirmed.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘reasonable’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
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