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Delhites, you better prepare yourselves for another gloomy day as it is frequently engulfed in fog along with ghastly cold temperatures. Throughout the early morning hours fog had worsened visibility in Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida and other nearby regions. Motorists were especially affected by this as early traffic was impacted, many impotent to turn their lights on their vehicles to even see anything.

 An orange alert has already been put in place by IMD that warns civilians of dense to very dense fog. Daily commuters that drive cars have been advised to turn on fog lights when they drive. It would be recommended to keep a check with airlines or trains to ensure possible push backs especially due to the adverse weather conditions Delhi is facing.

IMD had issued a warning on early Friday that said, “Dense to very dense fog at a few places over Punjab, Haryana and isolated places over Uttar Pradesh and Dense fog at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh. Cold wave conditions at isolated places over Jammu &Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.”

Delhi-NCR has already plunged its temperature to a bitter 6 degrees Celsius but there are chances for the weather to worsen even more, who knows it could push the lower limits even more.

Delhi's plight may now deepen as they have been warned of thunderstorms accompanied with thick fog on 11 and 12 January. Fog coupled with rain is anticipated to stick around until January 15. In context of the preceding days, the forecast indicates a further fall in temperature from 20 degrees to 18 degrees Celsius.

The harsh chill and fog in Delhi made it rather difficult to find the Sun but during the day on Thursday the temperature reached an astonishing 21.2 degrees, which is 2.2 degrees Celsius higher than the average. Even during Thursday the skies were clear which in turn then resulted in Delhi experiencing light fog during the morning, IMD also stated that humidity reached a staggering 87% mark. 
In addition to this, Wednesday measured a low of -7.4 degrees Celsius, observing the minimum temperature on the other hand Friday was neutral as the temperature reached just 4.8 degrees Celsius. 
In light of the increasing pollution levels the Centre’s panel on air quality decided to implement the third stage of the Graded Response Action Plan once more, and as a result of severe weather conditions the implemented plan will cover the Delhi NCR region.

Due to a combination of high fog and low wind, the Delhi air pollution level has peaked at 297 which has led to a slowdown in wind reach. Gasping for air out of pure dichotomy, the air quality index surged by 100 basic points on Thursday and hit a whopping 357 for 24 hours.

As an initiative to combat further escalation of the air pollution level, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has called for further changes and improvements under the GRAP stage three measures while keeping pollution control measures in vision.

With a comprehensive emphasis on AQI ranging from 0 to 50 which falls under good parameters to 51 to 100 which comes as satisfactory, between 101 to 200 which lies as moderate, 301 to 400 which is termed as very bad and exceeding the limit of 401 and 500 which falls under severe.

 

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