GURUGRAM: Residents need to brace for colder days as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the minimum temperature will dip to 3 degrees Celsius between December 23 and 26.
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On Tuesday, however, the residents experienced moderate fog in the morning hours that cleared out later. The maximum temperature was recorded at 22. 8 degrees Celsius — up from Monday’s 21.8°C — and the minimum temperature was recorded at 6.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal.
As per the weekly forecast, the minimum temperature will fall to 3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and the maximum temperature will hover around 22 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the low wind speed turned the city’s air quality to ‘very poor’ on Tuesday. The air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 377 after six days of ‘poor’ air, according to the Central Pollution Control Board data.
Officials in the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said the air quality was likely to deteriorate further over the next few days as the wind speed was unlikely to improve. “The situation is likely to deteriorate in the coming days because of the dip in temperature and low wind speed,” said Kuldeep Singh, HSPCB’s regional officer.
Meanwhile, a layer of haze engulfed Delhi on Tuesday after the air quality deteriorated and touched “severe” category. Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital was 418 as against 332 on Monday. This was the second ‘severe’ day reported this month.
Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist at IMD said, “Shallow fog was observed on Tuesday morning as the visibility dropped to 300 metres. The moisture level, which increased due to fog, made the particles heavy and affected the dispersion process. The calm wind prevailed over the city from Monday night to Tuesday morning. Though the wind speed picked up during the day with an average speed of 6 kmph, it was low and slowed the process of dispersion of pollutants.”
Cold wave conditions are predicted in parts of Delhi over the next four days.