New Delhi: Delhi shivered in the condition of “cold day” for the second day in a row on Saturday recording the lowest maximum temperature of the season at 14.8 degrees Celsius, with thick fog blocking the sun.
The minimum temperature in the Safdarjung Observatory, which is considered an official marker for the city, settled at 6.1 degrees Celsius, the notch below normal, he said.
“Today there is also a moderate / low cloud fog layer above Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan North.
It prevents the sun to reach the surface.
Westerlies Light North also blows the area.
This condition is led to a cold day, “said an IMD official.
Similar conditions are also predicted for Sundays.
Severe cold day conditions remain in Narea and Jafarpur, where the maximum temperature is dipped in 10.7 degrees Celsius and 10.9 degrees Celsius, seven and nine notches below normal.
Narela is also the coldest place in Delhi on Saturday.
On Friday, the automatic weather station in Narela and Jafarpur has recorded a maximum temperature of 11 degrees Celsius and 12.1 degrees Celsius.
According to IMD, “cold day” is when a minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum of at least 4.5 degrees Celsius below normal.
“Severe” cold day is when the maximum temperature is at least 6.5 notches below normal.
Solid to moderate fog is predicted in Delhi for the next four days, said IMD.
When visibility because the fog is reduced to a range of 0 to 50 meters, it is categorized as a fog “very crowded”.
In the case of fog “solid”, visibility is between 51 and 200 meters, “moderate” is 201 and 500 meters, and “shallow” is 501 and 1,000 meters.
The quality of the capital’s air increased increased slightly and the 24-hour air quality index (AQI) read 258 at 4pm, such as against 348 at the same time on Friday.
Aqi between zeros and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfying’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.