New Delhi: The capital on Friday saw the first “cold day” of this year and the longest “misty day” season.
The combination of meteorological factors can lead to the same weather conditions for the next few days.
Track the pollution level in your city, is the second cold day of this winter with December 18, 2021 to the first.
At 15.4 degrees Celsius, Friday also marked the second lowest maximum temperature of the season after January 9 when 15 degrees Celsius.
At a maximum temperature of 11 degrees Celsius, Narela is the coldest area in the city on Friday, followed by Jafarpur at 12.1 degrees Celsius and Palam and Ridge at 14.6 degrees Celsius.
In Safdarjung, the weather station weather station, visibility is around 400 meters due to moderate fog throughout the day.
Palam sees better visibility at 1,000 m at around 3:30 p.m.
Low sunlight, high moisture and cold winds in the afternoon are behind a cold and foggy day.
A cold day can continue on Saturday because of this phenomenon.
According to the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD), a maximum temperature of 15.4 degrees Celsius on Friday is five notches below the average season and the minimum temperature is six degrees Celsius, one below normal, qualifications for “cold days”.
Maximum temperature and a minimum previous day are 16.7 degrees Celsius and 5.8 degrees.
“Safdarjung has a hell fog from 4.30am to 9:30 a.m., while Palam has a solid fog from 7am to 11 in the morning.
It was the longest misty day of the season.
The day is cold because there is no sunlight and wind from Northwest measuring 8-12kmph leads during the day, “said Senior IMD scientist, RK Jenamani.
The minimum and maximum temperatures on Saturday are likely to drift around six degrees and 16 degrees Celsius, with the possibility of solid fog in the morning.
This is most likely to be a “cold day”.
Meanwhile, air quality deteriorates further, but is in the “very bad” category.
The air quality index (AQI) on Friday was 348 against 321 the day before.
The pollution monitoring agency states that air quality is likely to remain in the “very poor” category.
“Very cloudy conditions, low wind speeds and high mixing layers will cause weak pollutant ventilation.
The air quality is likely to decrease further, but remains very poor for the next three days.
From January 17, Aqi is likely to increase due to wind speeds The relatively higher, withdrawing pollutants near the surface, “air quality systems and weather forecasting and research were stated on Friday.