Delhi weather updates: City, NCR watch worst fog of season, what’s the explanation behind prolonged spell of frigid wave?

Visibility dropped to design zero in Delhi and NCR on Monday (January 9) morning as Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and diverse areas had been engulfed in thick blanket of fog. In step with Indian Meteorological Department, frigid wave would proceed to electrify fashioned lives in north India until January 10.

The minimal temperatures recorded on the Safdarjung weather plot as of 8: 30 am changed into once 3.8 degrees Celsius on Monday, while the visibility changed into once accurate 25 metres. Palam recorded the minimal temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius, while visibility dropped to 50 metres.

Fog ended in the cancellation of 267 trains, while a total of 170 trains had been working lifeless until 11 am. In step with Indian Railways, 91 out of 170 trains had been working lifeless attributable to weather stipulations.

The dejected visibility also affected the flight operations at Delhi airport as five flights had been diverted to Jaipur from Delhi airport. The five flights diverted to Jaipur are: Air India Specific from Sharjah to Delhi, Spicejet flight from Ahmedabad to Delhi and SpiceJet flight from Pune to Delhi.

Motive behind prolonged spell of frigid wave?

In step with weather consultants, the prolonged spell of frigid wave in Delhi, NCR and diverse parts of North India is attributable to a good gap between two western disturbances as frigid winds from mountains in Jammu and Kashmir and diverse parts are blowing in for a longer-than-standard length.

IMD recordsdata confirmed that Monday is the fifth day in a row that the minimal temperature in Delhi changed into once lower than many locations in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, alongside with Chamba (8.7 degrees), Dalhousie (9 degrees), Dharamshala (9.2 degrees), Shimla (10.3 degrees), Manali (6 degrees), Mussoorie (11.3 degrees) and Nainital (6 degrees).