New Delhi: Delhi-NCR woke as much as thick fog on Sunday, inflicting delays in over 100 flights and 22 trains because of poor visibility. The nationwide capital recorded a minimal temperature of three.5 levels Celsius, 4 notches beneath the seasonal common, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) mentioned. On Sunday morning, Delhi was coated in dense fog with the bottom visibility at zero at Safdarjung at eight am, whereas Palam additionally recorded zero visibility at 5 am.
The IMD classifies fog depth into 4 sorts: shallow, reasonable, dense and really dense fog. Visibility ranges from 999 m to 500 m, 499 m to 200 m, 199 m to 50 m and fewer than 50 m, respectively. In line with Indian Railways, a complete of 22 trains had been arriving hours late because of fog and chilly waves. Visitors on the roads was extraordinarily sluggish as fog decreased visibility to some meters. In the meantime, a number of areas of Delhi had been experiencing “extreme” air high quality, prompting the meteorological workplace to situation a crimson alert because of the prevailing chilly and fog.
The IMD forecast indicated that dense fog will persist in Delhi till Tuesday. On January 12, the town confronted the primary chilly wave day of the season, with temperatures dropping to three.9 levels Celsius. Saturday marked the coldest night time but, recording a minimal temperature of three levels in Aya Nagar, the final village on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon freeway in Delhi.