Delhi Weather Today: Dense fog has also once more obstructed Delhi-NCR. On Friday morning, the visibility returned to zero in the region of the national capital together with Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurgaon. Furthermore, there were signs of the haze all over early morning traffic, which caused drivers to slow down. Even using vehicle lights did little to assist with seeing better.

The IMD has given an orange alert for the Delhi Region. It Added that a Spate of fog might engulf the region until Friday for a period of time. Motorists are instructed to use fog lights when they travel. Train and airline passengers have been warned to check with their airlines or the Railways for the latest information on any delays or cancellations as a result of the weather.

On Friday, an IMD warning added, “Dense to very dense fog over Punjab and Haryana and isolated places Uttar Pradesh, Densest of the dense fog at lower regions of Himachal Pradesh. Cold wave is expected at Jammu &Kashmir’s higher reaches as well as other places of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.”

Temperatures In The New Delhi And Surrounding Regions Touch Bottom

According to IMD forecasts, the minimum temperature would fall to around six degrees Celsius while the maximum is likely to touch around twenty degrees Celsius.

Things are likely to get worse for Delhi as IMD has predicted rain and thick fog on 11th and 12 January. The thick fog cover is likely to hanging around till 15 January. Over the next couple of days, the maximum temperature is projected to go down from 20 degrees Celsius to about 18 degrees Celsius.

After experiencing cold gusts and heavy fog for several days, the people of Delhi were able to see the sun as the highest temperature was observed at 21.2 degrees Celsius, 2.2 degrees Celsius above normal. Maximum temperature stayed around 21 degrees Celsius as expected with the weather being clear through the day on Thursday and there being light fog in the morning. As reported by IMD an 87% humidity was experienced.

Visibility reduced to zero as a blanket of dense fog witnessed in parts of Delhi-NCR#Delhi #Fog #WINTER pic.twitter.com/7Db6x697hC

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GRAP-3 Restrictions are in place again
To restrict the amount of pollution and poor air quality levels there is a sudden rise in the coal use most importantly by the power stations. As per GRAP 3 the government of India formulated a group to score air pollution levels to set the appropriate restrictions in the Delhi NCR Area.

Air quality in Delhi continues to deteriorate, with a declining Air Quality Index (AQI) caused by mild winds and fog alerts. The local government body designated to supervise pollution levels in Delhi, the Climate Action’s Commission for Delhi, had reported that the average AQI reached 357 as of 4 PM on Thursday, rising up from Wednesday’s 297.

To improve the conditions in the Delhi-NCR region, the Commission stressed the need for a significant drop in pollution levels reported in the area. The relevant government authorities in the region were issued orders to immediately adopt the measures stipulated in the applicable stage of the GRAP framework, outlining pollution control measures in the region.

The Environment Board of Delhi, on the other hand, issued AQI classifications and their corresponding ranges to improve pollution detection in the area, the range classification is as follows, 0-50 is classified as the ‘good’ end, 51-100 classified as ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’. 201-300 is classified as ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’, lastly, 401 to 500 is classified as ‘severe’.