Dense fog in Delhi, metropolis sees season’s longest zero visibility spell
Dense fog enveloped the nationwide capital on Saturday, decreasing visibility to zero for an unprecedented nine-hour stretch, the longest spell of the season, in line with the climate division.
The dense fog led to the delay of 81 trains whereas 15 flights received diverted on Saturday, in line with officers.
“Zero visibility prevailed for 9 hours at Palam between 6 pm and three am (UTC), marking the longest spell of the season.
The town’s main climate station, Safdarjung, recorded eight hours of zero visibility, as per the IMD.”
With the the utmost temperature within the metropolis settled at 20 levels Celsius, 0.7 notch above common and the minimal temperature was recorded at 7.8 levels Celsius, 0.9 notch above the conventional, in line with the India Meteorological Division (IMD) mentioned.
The relative humidity in the course of the day ranged between 96 and 100 per cent, it mentioned.
For Sunday, the climate division has predicted a partly cloudy sky. The predominant floor wind is predicted to blow from the southeast at a velocity of lower than 4 kmph in the course of the morning hours.
Smog and reasonable fog are seemingly in most areas, with dense fog anticipated in a couple of locations in the course of the morning. The wind velocity is forecast to regularly enhance to 8-10 kmph from the southeast within the afternoon, earlier than reducing to lower than 6 kmph within the night and night time.
Smog or shallow to reasonable fog is probably going in the course of the night and night time, it mentioned.
The utmost and minimal temperatures are anticipated to settle round 18 and 10 diploma C, respectively.
At 7 am, common visibility on the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport was zero in very dense fog. The Runway Visible Vary (RVR) at its runways was within the vary of 100-250 metres, with CAT III circumstances.
Such very dense fog in zero visibility with CAT III circumstances on the airport has been prevailing since 11:30 pm on Friday, the Met workplace mentioned.
“Whereas touchdown and takeoffs proceed at Delhi airport, flights that aren’t CAT III compliant might get affected. Passengers are requested to contact the airline involved for up to date flight info. Any inconvenience brought on is deeply regretted,” the Delhi Worldwide Airport Restricted, which operates the airport, mentioned in a submit on X at 6. 56 am.
CAT III facility permits plane to function in low-visibility circumstances.
The Northern Railway mentioned a complete of 59 trains have been operating late by as much as six hours and 22 by round eight hours.
In a associated growth, the air high quality within the nationwide capital remained within the ‘very poor’ class.
Delhi’s 24-hour common AQI was recorded at 378, in line with information from the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB).
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘reasonable’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
