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PremiumDelhi Weather Highlights: Several parts of Delhi witnessed mild rainfall on Thursday morning, which improved the air quality of the national capital to ‘poor’ from ‘severe’ category. The cold weather condition persisted as the city woke up to dense fog.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a ‘yellow’ alert for Delhi for January 17 morning. As many as 29 trains and several flight operations were affected due to poor visibility.
IMD predicts rainfall today
The weather forecasting agency has predicted mostly clear sky for Friday with dense fog during morning hours. It may further intensify cold weather in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, etc
Delhi fog: Are schools open today?
In the wake of severe coldwave, Delhi schools reopened on Thursday. The education department announced that school classes would shift to hybrid mode amid enforcement of GRAP 4 measures. However, on Thursday, centre revoked GRAP IV restrictions after AQI improved.
Delhi weather forecast
The IMD predicted dense fog in morning, the situation is likely to remain same on Saturday morning as well. On Friday, the minimum and maximum temperature is likely to settle around 19 and 8 degrees Celsius respectively.
Delhi weather: Will it rain today?
Amid coldwave like situation across the north India, the IMD has predicted light shower of spells in the evening and night in Delhi on January 21.
Different AQI categories
An AQI between 9 to 50 is considered good and very rare for Delhi. AQI is in satisfactory category when it is between 51 and 100. AQI is in moderate category when it is between 100 and 200. AQI is very poor when its score is between 301 and 400 and severe when it is between 401 and 500.
Delhi weather today LIVE: Visuals from Laxmi Nagar, Railway Station, Shankar Vihar and bordering areas of UP were engulfed in dense fog and extremely low visibility on Wednesday.
Delhi weather today LIVE: The India Meteorological Department has issued mild to light rainfall or drizzle in some areas of Delhi later in the day today.
The humidity level at 8.30 am was recorded at 97 per cent while the maximum temperature is expected to settle around 19 degrees Celsius.
Delhi weather today LIVE: The IMD has issued an advisory for people to exercise caution while driving or travelling during foggy conditions. People have also been asked to use fog lights for better visibility.
Delhi weather today LIVE: The IMD reported minimum visibility of 200 metres in moderate fog with calm winds ad Safdarjung nad 150 metres in Palam at 5:30 am today.
Delhi weather today LIVE: More than 100 flights were delayed due to dense fog in Delhi. However, no flight diversions or cancellations have been reported so far.
"Low visibility and fog over Delhi may lead to some delays. We're keeping a close watch on the weather and doing our best to get you where you need to be , safely and smoothly," IndiGo said in a post on X at 8.18 am.
Delhi weather today LIVE: IMD has issued ‘Orange’ warning for Delhi due to heavy to very heavy fog.
