• Source:JND

Delhi Weather: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow' alert for Delhi, with dense fog expected to reduce visibility in the city on Saturday morning.

For Saturday, the minimum temperature is forecast to be around 7 degrees C, with the maximum reaching approximately 18 degrees C. Dense fog is expected in the morning, according to the IMD.

The IMD has also predicted that a cold wave will affect isolated areas of Delhi and Haryana until 6 January.

On Friday, Delhi's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 236, showing significant improvement from the previous day's reading of 380, indicating better air quality.

The maximum temperature in Delhi on Friday was recorded at 17.4 degrees C, which is 1.9 degrees C below the seasonal average, while the minimum temperature was 9.1 degrees C, 2.2 degrees C above the usual seasonal norm, according to the IMD.

A cold wave is officially declared when the minimum temperature drops by 4.5 degrees C.

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At Safdarjung, visibility dropped to 800 metres between 1:30 am and 2:00 am on Friday, improving to 1,200 metres by 2:30 am.

Data from the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) SAMEER app showed that 15 monitoring stations were in the ‘moderate' category, 20 in ‘poor' and one in ‘very poor', with NSIT Dwarka recording the worst AQI of 367 in the evening.

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In the morning, air quality in the national capital remained in the ‘very poor' category, with an AQI reading of 302.

According to the CPCB classification, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good', 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory', 101 to 200 ‘moderate', 201 to 300 ‘poor', 301 to 400 ‘very poor' and 401 to 500 ‘severe'.

The air quality is likely to remain in the ‘poor' category from Saturday and may deteriorate to the ‘very poor' category between January four and January five, according to the Air Quality Early Warning System.

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and Adjoining Areas on Friday revoked curbs imposed under Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) following improvement in air quality, officials said.

“The AQI of Delhi, which was recorded as 380 on Thursday, has significantly improved and recorded 236 at 4 pm on Friday, exhibiting a trend. Keeping in view the prevailing trend of air quality, the CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP decides to revoke all actions as envisaged under Stage III of the extant GRAP, with immediate effect, in the entire NCR,” an official said.

“All actions under Stages I and II of the extant GRAP will remain in force in the NCR,” the official added.

( With PTI Inputs )


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