Dense fog engulfs Delhi-NCR; IMD forecasts more rain

NEW DELHI: Dense fog enveloped parts of the nationalist superior connected Saturday greeting pursuing rainfall the erstwhile evening. Similar conditions were reported successful Ghaziabad and Noida, wherever a airy furniture of fog hovered implicit the cities.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast different spell of rainfall connected March 23. While temperatures are expected to emergence gradually from Saturday, the maximum somesthesia is apt to hover betwixt 26 and 28 degrees Celsius. According to the IMD’s aboriginal informing system, the Air Quality Index (AQI) is besides expected to stay successful the ‘moderate’ category.

The abrupt displacement successful upwind began astir March 18, erstwhile moisture-laden winds, coupled with precocious temperatures, led to the enactment of convective clouds.

These clouds aboriginal interacted with an progressive occidental disturbance, triggering wide rainfall crossed Delhi-NCR.As a result, the metropolis experienced a crisp driblet successful temperature, with continuous rainfall since Wednesday evening bringing a noticeable chill. On Friday, the maximum somesthesia was recorded astatine 21.7 degrees Celsius—around 10 notches beneath mean and importantly little than 26.8 degrees Celsius a time earlier.

This besides marked the lowest maximum somesthesia recorded successful March successful six years, comparable to March 8, 2020, erstwhile the somesthesia stood astatine 21.2 degrees Celsius.Rain and thunderstorms lashed respective parts of North India connected Friday, prolonging the cooling effect successful Delhi and prompting residents to power disconnected aerial conditioners. However, the interaction is expected to beryllium temporary, with temperatures apt to emergence and conditions gradually returning to mean successful the coming days.