Brace for more rain, fog and cold, Gurugram’s air still poor
TNN | Updated: Feb 4, 2019, 01:17 IST
GURUGRAM: After a foggy morning on Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperature settled at 18.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below average, and 8.5° Celsius,two points above average, respectively.
“Dense to very dense fog prevailed at isolated pockets over northwest India on Sunday morning. Such fog at isolated places in morning hours is likely to continue over northwest India and Bihar for the next two days,” an IMD bulletin stated on Sunday.
Met also predicted dense fog on Monday morning in the city. Thereafter, partly cloudy and haze is likely during the day. “The maximum and minimum temperatures would be between 21 and 9 degrees Celsius,” said a Met forecast on Sunday.
For the last five days, the city’s air quality index (AQI) has been reported in the poor category with the pollution level being recorded ar 221 (poor) on Sunday. In the past four days, the AQI was recorded at 275 on Saturday, 201 on Friday, 281 on Thursday and 242 on Wednesday. The 24-hour average of PM2.5 on Sunday was recorded at 109.30 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) — about two times higher than the safe limit of 60 µg/m3 — in the city.
On Sunday, the city recorded the cleanest air in Delhi-NCR. In Delhi the AQI was recorded at 289 (Poor) , 343 (Very Poor) in Ghaziabad, 359 (Very Poor) in Greater Noida, and 274 (Poor) in Noida. However, the Met officials told TOI “As the smog is increasing continuously (especially in morning) and the wind speed is going down, the concentration of fine particulate matter is expected to be high. However, the condition might improve on Wednesday and Thursday as showers are expected.”
“Dense to very dense fog prevailed at isolated pockets over northwest India on Sunday morning. Such fog at isolated places in morning hours is likely to continue over northwest India and Bihar for the next two days,” an IMD bulletin stated on Sunday.
Met also predicted dense fog on Monday morning in the city. Thereafter, partly cloudy and haze is likely during the day. “The maximum and minimum temperatures would be between 21 and 9 degrees Celsius,” said a Met forecast on Sunday.
For the last five days, the city’s air quality index (AQI) has been reported in the poor category with the pollution level being recorded ar 221 (poor) on Sunday. In the past four days, the AQI was recorded at 275 on Saturday, 201 on Friday, 281 on Thursday and 242 on Wednesday. The 24-hour average of PM2.5 on Sunday was recorded at 109.30 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) — about two times higher than the safe limit of 60 µg/m3 — in the city.
On Sunday, the city recorded the cleanest air in Delhi-NCR. In Delhi the AQI was recorded at 289 (Poor) , 343 (Very Poor) in Ghaziabad, 359 (Very Poor) in Greater Noida, and 274 (Poor) in Noida. However, the Met officials told TOI “As the smog is increasing continuously (especially in morning) and the wind speed is going down, the concentration of fine particulate matter is expected to be high. However, the condition might improve on Wednesday and Thursday as showers are expected.”
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