Dense fog for 2-3 days in Delhi-NCR; Update on Airport Share flight operations

talking to news agency ANIHe said, ‘If we talk about the weather of Delhi, then in the morning there is a thick sheet of fog and the visibility drops to about 100 meters. The visibility at Palam observatory was up to 100 meters this morning. There is an improvement later, around 8 in the morning.”

He further said, “There is a possibility of dense fog in Delhi-NCR in the next two days and the visibility will be around 100 meters. The temperature will remain between 6-7 degrees for the next 2-3 days.”

Along with this, Delhi Airport has also shared an update saying that flight operations may be affected.

In a tweet, it wrote, “Attention to all passengers please!”

“Flight operations may get affected due to dense fog. Passengers are requested to contact the concerned airline for updated flight information. Deeply sorry for any inconvenience caused.”

According to SAFAR, Delhi’s air quality continues to remain in the ‘very poor’ category with an overall AQI of 319 today. Noida and Gurugram recorded 361 and 345 AQI respectively.

An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “poor”. considered “serious”.

With the onset of cold wave in the national capital, people have taken shelter in a night shelter in Kashmere Gate area. Caretaker Anurag spoke to ANI and said, “A total of 15 people are staying here. Blankets, beds are available here. We provide tea, breakfast and two meals a day to the people living here.

Dense fog also enveloped Punjab as the minimum temperature dropped in the city, reducing visibility.

Twenty trains were reportedly delayed by a few hours on Thursday due to poor visibility due to fog.

Timings of schools from class 1 to class 8 amid severe cold Lucknow The timings, from 10 am to 3 pm, have been changed till December 31, the Directorate of Education said in a circular on Thursday. All government schools in Delhi will remain closed for two weeks from January 1-15 for winter vacation. Remedial sessions for classes 9 to 12 will be conducted from January 2 to January 14 to revise the curriculum and enhance the learning level of students, the circular said.

Regarding fog warning from IMD, due to moisture and light winds at lower tropospheric levels over the Indo-Gangetic plains, very dense fog is likely to occur over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh at night and morning during next 48 hours likely to live.

It further said, Later, the moisture in the lower tropospheric levels over the Indo-Gangetic plains is likely to reduce in the upper regions, hence dense fog is likely over Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh during the later days of the week.

The IMD has also predicted dense night and morning fog during the first half of the week over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North Rajasthan, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim and Tripura.

It also predicted that due to dry north-westerly winds coming from the Himalayas over the plains of north-west India, cold wave conditions There is a possibility of heavy rains in isolated parts of Punjab, Haryana and North Rajasthan from 22 to 28 December. “Extremely cold day conditions are also likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh during the same period. As per IMD forecast, isolated thunderstorms over East Uttar Pradesh between December 22 and 28 Cold day conditions are also likely.”