Delhi Under Orange Alert for Dense Fog, AQI Remains ‘Poor’ | Visuals

The people of Delhi awoke up to a foggy morning on Tuesday and the national capital was put under orange alert due to heavy concentration of fog as per the Indian Meteorological Department nowcast. In the meantime, air quality index (AQI) in this city was found to be 254, which is in the domain of poor, according to the readings of 8 am issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

According to IMD the high temperature will stabilize at 20 degrees Celsius and the low one at 8 degrees Celsius based on its weekly forecast.

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Alert in parts of Delhi

Previously, red alerts have been declared in North Delhi, Central Delhi, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, Shahdara, South Delhi and South East Delhi, whereas, an orange alert has been declared in North West Delhi, West Delhi and Southwest Delhi.

Delhi weekly forecast

According to the weather department, the national capital will get foggy days until February 8, with the maximum temperature of between 20-23 degrees Celsius and the minimum of about 8-10 degrees Celsius.

There is no weather warning issued between the period of February 4- February 8.

On Monday more than 300 flights were postponed.

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More than 300 flights were delayed with the Delhi weather registering dense fog taking more than six hours in the morning on Monday, a day after some light rain patches were reported in the city following a western disturbance which maintained moisture levels at high levels. In some areas of the city visibility was down to 100 metres and cloudy skies continued throughout the day, and the top temperature remained below normal, according to earlier reports by HT.

On Monday, the maximum temperature in Delhi was 17.5 degrees Celsius five degrees lower than the normal temperature at this time of the year. The previous day it was 24.6 degrees Celsius. On Monday, the lowest temperature mean was 10.4 degrees Celsius, two degrees higher than normal. One day before it was 12.1 degrees Celsius. There was however no cold day proclaimed in spite of the huge abandonment of the normal in the utmost extremity of temperature; the lowest temperature was not lower than 10 degrees Celsius.

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