Delhi Weather: Orange Alert Issued For Dense Fog, No Respite From Cold Wave; Trains And Flights Delayed
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New Delhi: The national capital woke up to another freezing morning as North India continues to reel under chilling cold wave conditions, accompanied by dense fog. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an ‘orange alert’ for dense fog on Saturday in Delhi and adjoining areas. According to the weather department, the skies are expected to be clear today with dense to very dense fog during the early hours.
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Cold to severe cold day conditions are expected to be witnessed at isolated places in Delhi, with maximum and minimum temperatures to settle around 15 and 7 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, stated a marginal surge in the daytime temperature is expected next week. “Mornings and evenings in Delhi will be cold. However, there will be relief during the daytime due to sunlight,” he said. Srivastava underlined that no significant change in Delhi’s weather conditions is expected in January so far.
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Notably, the residents of Delhi-NCR region got a respite on January 7 and 8, due to a passing western disturbance. However, the relief was short-lived as freezing cold wave conditions returned from January 9.
