Image Source : PTI Srinagar: A vendor pushes his cart down a street throughout a chilly and foggy morning, in Srinagar, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The Kashmir Valley is reeling below extreme chilly circumstances as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 7.6 levels Celsius.
Parts of north India remained below the grip of an intense chilly wave on Sunday with evening temperatures dropping beneath the 5 levels Celsius-mark at some locations and dense fog enveloping a number of areas. The minimal temperature in Delhi dropped to five.7 levels Celsius however it’s more likely to rise over the subsequent two days as a result of a change within the wind path, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated.
The nationwide capital will see shallow fog on Monday morning and light-weight rain is more likely to happen, the IMD stated. The metropolis’s minimal and most temperatures are anticipated to settle round 8 and 17 levels Celsius.
An IMD official stated easterly winds are blowing in Delhi that aren’t as chilly as northwesterly winds coming in from the snow-clad western Himalayas. Hence, the minimal temperature is more likely to rise by a number of notches over the subsequent two days.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air high quality index (AQI) improved barely to the ‘very poor’ class from ‘extreme’ on Saturday as beneficial wind pace helped in dispersion of pollution.
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The metropolis’s AQI was 329 at 8.30 pm on Sunday. The 24-hour common AQI was 407 on Saturday, 460 on Friday, 429 on Thursday, and 354 on Wednesday.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘average’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
Intense chilly wave circumstances persevered in Kashmir, even because the minimal temperatures elevated marginally throughout the valley.
The meteorological division stated a western disturbance is more likely to have an effect on Jammu and Kashmir for a number of days beginning January 22, bringing snowfall and rain to the union territory.
The evening temperature in Kashmir improved barely however remained a number of notches beneath the freezing level, a Met division official stated.
Srinagar metropolis — the summer time capital of Jammu and Kashmir — recorded a low of minus 7.6 levels Celsius, up from minus 8.2 levels Celsius the earlier evening, he stated. Pahalgam, which additionally serves as a base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 8.7 levels Celsius, up from the earlier evening’s minus 9.4 levels Celsius. Qazigund was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir with a minimal temperature of minus 9 levels Celsius, the official stated.
The intense chilly wave in Kashmir has resulted within the freezing of water provide strains in a number of areas. A thick layer of ice has lined a number of roads, making it troublesome for motorists to drive.
Several water our bodies, together with the well-known Dal Lake, have additionally frozen. The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and river police are conducting patrolling across the frozen water our bodies to make sure the security of individuals.
Parts of Uttar Pradesh witnessed dense fog and chilly day to extreme chilly day circumstances prevailed at remoted locations.
Churk in Sonbhadra district was the coldest place within the state with a minimal temperature of 4.6 levels Celsius, it stated.
Agra recorded a low of 6.3 levels Celsius, adopted by 6.6 levels Celsius in Kanpur and eight.7 levels Celsius in Jhansi.
The climate division stated dense to very dense fog could be very more likely to happen within the morning at a number of locations within the state on Monday and chilly day circumstances are additionally very more likely to prevail at remoted locations over the state, it stated.
Weather is most certainly to stay dry within the state. Shallow to average fog could be very more likely to happen at remoted locations over the state on Tuesday and Wednesday, it added.
Cold climate circumstances continued to persist at many locations in Haryana and Punjab with temperatures hovering beneath the conventional limits.
According to the Met division, Narnaul in Haryana reeled below intense chilly, recording a low of two.5 levels Celsius, three notches beneath regular limits.
Hisar, too, skilled a chilly evening at 3.4 levels Celsius, down 4 notches, whereas Sirsa, Bhiwani and Rohtak registered beneath regular minimums at 4 levels Celsius, 4.7 levels, and 5.6 levels respectively.
In Punjab, Bathinda recorded beneath regular minimal at 3.4 levels, whereas Faridkot and Gurdaspur, too, recorded beneath regular lows at 5.
5 levels and seven levels Celsius respectively.
Chandigarh, the frequent capital of the 2 states, recorded a low of 8.3 levels Celsius.
During the previous few days, most temperatures, too, have been hovering 6-10 notches beneath regular at most locations within the two states and Chandigarh.
Meanwhile, the Met officers stated that fog diminished visibility early within the morning at most locations within the two states.
In Rajasthan, evening temperatures dipped by a number of levels in elements and Pilani was the coldest place recording a temperature of .4 levels Celsius adopted by Churu which shivered at 1.9 levels.
Dense fog additionally engulfed many elements of the state. Ganganagar, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Alwar, Bundi and Dabok recorded 2.5, 6.1, 6.3, 7.4, 9.6 and 10 levels respectively.
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