New Delhi: The “Cold Day” spell continues in Delhi for the third day in a row on Wednesday.
Part of the national capital even witnessed the condition of “cold day”.
Every significant relief is impossible on Thursday because the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) has predicted the condition of “cold days” in isolated places.
Although there was an increase from Tuesday, the maximum temperature at 16.4 degrees Celsius, six degrees below normal, in Safdarjung, the city base station.
Nareala continues to be the coldest station because the day temperature is reported at 14.7 degrees Celsius, eight degrees below normal.
The minimum temperature is dipped in 5.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, in Safdarjung, from Tuesday 6.2 degrees Celsius.
According to IMD, Palam, Narella, Jafarpur and Sps Mayur Vihar saw “severe cold days”, while most stations recorded “cold days”, including Safdarjung, Ayanagar, Najafgarh, Pitampura and Ridge.
Meet officials say clouds and wind patterns prevent sunlight reach the surface and cause the condition of “cold days”.
R K Jenamani, a senior scientist at the IMD, estimates that a slight increase on Thursday “as a ‘cold day’ is predicted at several stations”.
On Tuesday, the day temperature was 12.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest maximum temperature recorded in January in nine years.
It was the maximum of the seventh lowest in January in Safdarjung for 1951-2022, IMD said on Wednesday.
The weather department has predicted the condition of “cold waves” in several places on Thursday and Friday.
“Because the minimum temperature gradually dips, there is a ‘cold wave’ chance in isolated places.
We monitor the situation,” Jenamani said.
Capital air quality continues to remain in the “poor” category with the air quality index (AQI) of 260.
Air quality system and weather forecasting and research (Safar), central forecasting agencies, said, “foggy conditions that apply,” and low temperatures and high Low mixing layers prevent efficient pollutant ventilation, which leads to AQI in the ‘poor’ category for the next two days.
“Safar estimates that an increase in AQI from January 29 must increase the temperature of a gradual day which will disburse pollutants near the surface.