Severe Cold Day In Delhi, North India Continues To Be Engulfed In Dense Fog
The prolonged cold wave that has gripped most of North India showed no signs of easing, despite the minimum temperatures rising marginally on Saturday morning.
National capital New Delhi on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 8.6 degrees Celsius, one notch above the seasonal average, the India Meteorological (IMD) Department said.
Minimum and maximum temperature in Delhi
The IMD's forecast for the day showed that the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 15 degrees, with the minimum at around 9 degrees.
It added that it was going to be a "cold day to severe cold day". According to the weatherman, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport experienced dense fog with visibility 50m to 100m between 12.30 am till 6.30 am.
IMD also predicted less dense fog on Saturday over northwest India including Delhi and more denser over Bihar as compared to Friday.
Dense for affect flight, train services
Delhi is unlikely to get a respite from the harsh weather any time soon as the IMD has predicted dense fog conditions for January 22 and January 23.
The fog conditions have also affected the air and rail operations from the National Capital on Saturday morning as some flights and trains were delayed due to low visibility amid dipping temperatures in Northern India.
Around 11 trains to Delhi from various parts of the country, like Khajaraho-Kurushetra Express, Ambedkarnagar-Katra, and Vasco-Nizamuddin Express, among others, were delayed due to dense fog conditions.
The arrival of nearly two dozen passenger trains to Delhi was delayed by up to 6 hours or more, and several flights were also late due to fog and poor visibility conditions on Friday.
SpiceJet airlines on Saturday morning informed that flight services in Dharmashala and Jammu may get affected amid cold conditions.
Very dense fog across North India??
According to IMD dense to very dense fog conditions are likely to continue to prevail over north India during the next five days while cold day to severe cold day conditions are likely to continue to prevail over the region during the next three days.
Why North India is freezing?
The weather agency has blamed jet stream winds, of the order of 130-140 knots at 12.6 km above mean sea level, are prevailing over the plains of north India, it is "leading to subsidence of cold air and enhancing cold wave/cold day conditions over North India. Similar intensity of Jet Stream is likely to continue during next 3-4 days", it said.
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