Delhi’s Air Quality Improves to ‘Moderate’ After 50 Days, ‘Poor’ Predicted for Friday

Delhi’s Air Quality Improves to ‘Moderate’ After 50 Days: Delhi inhaled breathable air on Wednesday for the first time in 50 days, being declared 'moderate' air quality, thus bringing some much-needed respite from pollution.

The city's 24-hour average for air quality in the event of increase stands at 178 AQI figures-made at 4 pm-on a day that recorded a massive improvement of Tuesday's figure of 268.

Earlier, the AQI was recorded at 'moderate'-198 on October 15. The next day, as highlighted by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, it dipped into the 'poor' category.

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According to an IMD official, the improvement in air quality could be attributed to the high-speed surface winds which are expected to drag on until December 7.

'These will be followed by another system of western disturbances that would cause moderate fog from December 8 onwards,' he explained.

This is from a total of 38 air quality monitoring stations in the city, of which just one-the Sri Aurobindo Marg-has recorded 'very poor' air quality, while eight others ostensively displayed 'poor' quality. The rest are in 'moderate', according to data from the CPCB.

In the CPCB assessment, the air quality index is between 0 and 50 'good,' 51 to 100'satisfactory,' 101 to 200'moderate,' 201 to 300 'poor,'' 301 to 400 'very poor,' and goes to beyond 400-severe.

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The Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi is forecasting that the air quality may stay moderate through Thursday, followed by deterioration into the poor category on Friday and Saturday.

With good air in the day, it recorded a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius which is three degrees above normal, as per India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The city recorded a minimum temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius, which is 2.5 notches above the season's average and humidity fluctuates from 66 per cent to 44 per cent at daytime.

A rain drizzle is seen in the weather service announcements for Thursday. The maximum temperature measures about 26 degrees Celsius, while the minimum cuts down to 10 degrees.

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