Gurgaon: The population experienced a cold morning again as a shallow fog enveloped the city on Thursday.
A further minimum temperature dropped to 5.5 degrees Celsius – two notches under the normal season – from 6 degrees Wednesday Celsius.
However, the sky was bright with sunlight which was enough to subside and the condition of the severe cold day, which was experienced by January since January.
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Meanwhile, the maximum temperature rose to 18.1 degrees Celsius on Thursday – four notches below normal – from 16.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.
According to the Ministry of Meet, the minimum temperature is likely to fall further and issue a yellow warning for the South Haryana region, including Gurgaon and Faridabad predicts cold wave conditions on Friday.
“The cold-cold wind of the Himalayas which is full of snow blows into the region.
While the daytime temperature is expected to increase in the next coming days with a bright sky, a minimum tends to float around 4 degrees Celsius for the next two days, with the possibility of conditions Cold waves.
The weak western disorder is likely to affect the Western Himalayan region from January 29 and another from February 2 that will bring light rain in isolated places during next week, “said IMD officials.
The official added that there would be shallow fog in the morning but the sky would remain clear throughout the day.
The minimum and maximum temperature is likely to direct around 4 and 16 degrees Celsius on Friday, respectively.
Far, Gurgaon has seen five ‘cold days’ on January 10, 14, 16, 17 and 26 and three’ severe cold days in January 15, 24 and 25, but have not witnessed the condition of cold waves.
According to IMD, it is a ‘cold day’ when a minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum of at least 4.5 degrees Celsius below normal, while it is a severe cold day ‘when a minimum temperature is less than 10.
Degrees Celsius and maximum temperature At least 6.5 degrees Celsius under normal this season.
Likewise, it declares the condition of “cold waves” when a minimum temperature is at least 4.5 degrees or more under the normal season, or it is 4 degrees Celsius or lower.
City air quality index (AQI) increased slightly on Thursday but remained in the bad category.
Aqi as a whole was in 228, compared to 236 the previous day.
Meanwhile, Delhi saw several advantages of the “cold day” conditions with short sunlight and increased day temperatures with more than two degrees Celsius on Thursday.
However, some regions, still see the condition of “cold days”, which the weather department expected to improve on Friday.
The IMD expects a clearer sky and concessions of the low lying clouds that have made shivering to the city for almost three weeks.
It also states that conditions for cold waves – minimum temperatures below four degrees Celsius – low because the area can see low wind speeds for the next three-four days.
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