Cold Wave Continues in Delhi with a Shivering Wind

The visibility in the morning was 1,500 metres in most parts of the city.
Cold Wave Continues in Delhi with a Shivering Wind

Delhi: The residents of national capital continued to battle a long-lasting cold wave as they woke up to a chilly Sunday morning. The mercury dipped to 3 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average

Delhi to shiver at 3 degree Celsius air quality to worsen in Delhi woke the Air quality notches below the season's average and the MeT department projected that the temperature will become 3-degree Celsius by Saturday morning. The air quality remained 'very poor' on Friday, however, the predictions suggest that it would worsen too.

For the month of December, both day and night start nipping. In addition to this, January is the coldest month. But this year, winters have shown varied characteristics.

The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 21 degrees Celsius, and the humidity at 8.30 am was 97 percent, an India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Delhi witnesses the wintry touch. Meanwhile, the national Capital seems to have become a permanent patient with the ongoing struggles of poor air quality which is the only constant in citizens' lives. Delhi, along with Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Faridabad, is under a thick blanket of heavily polluted air which ranges between poor to severe.

"There was fog in the morning. The sky will be clear ahead with haze and smoke. Some places in the city may face a cold wave situation in the day," the IMD official said.

According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the overall air quality in the national capital was found in 'very poor' category with the Air Quality Index of the city registering a score of 388.

Places like Noida, Pitam Pura, and Delhi University showed a 'severe' PM 2.5 and PM 10 level, while Chandni Chowk was a little better with a 'very poor' on the count of these pollutants.

Saturday's maximum temperature settled at 21 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season's average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 2.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average. It was also the season's lowest.

The cold-wave condition is likely to continue for at least two more days with the minimum predicted at 2°C on Sunday. Saturday's minimum of 2.6°C – the same temperature was recorded on December 28, 2014 – was four notches below normal and the maximum, at 20°C, a degree below normal. Sunday's forecast shows a maximum of 21°C.

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