The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of the impact of a western disturbance and predicted scattered rainfall and snowfall over the western Himalayan region till February 11. The IMD has predicted more snowfall in Jammu, Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and temperature fluctuations in northwest India till February 10.
IMD predicts more snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal
In its latest weather bulletin, the Met Office said: “Wet spell with isolated to scattered rainfall/snowfall likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan Muzaffarabad on February 11; Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during February 9-11.”
With a Western Disturbance currently present over 53°E north of 21°N, the IMD said, “Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/snowfall with thundershowers, lightning and gusty winds reaching speed (30-40 kmph) likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan and Himachal-Muzaff on February 10.”
The Meteorological Department has predicted an increase of about 2 degrees Celsius in the minimum temperature over northwest India by February 10, followed by a drop.
Besides, the IMD has warned of thick conditions during morning and night hours at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand till February 10.
A press release dated February 8 said: “Dense fog conditions likely during morning hours till February 10 at isolated places over northern Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh; Bihar and Assam & Meghalaya till February 9.”
Today’s weather in Delhi
Forecasting near normal temperature in Delhi, the IMD said, “Partly cloudy skies. Fog during morning hours. Maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi are likely to be in the range of 23°C to 25°C and 08°C to 10°C respectively.”
No flight disruptions were reported around Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) on Monday morning due to significant visibility of around 2,100 meters at 8:00 am.
Delhi AQI today
Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reached 209 at 9:00 am on Monday, placing it in the ‘poor’ category. Station data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed that 25 stations recorded “poor” air quality, while 14 others recorded “moderate” levels. Anand vihar monitoring station reported the worst AQI and Burari Crossing recorded the best air quality.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 to 100 as “satisfactory”, 101 to 200 as “moderate”, 201 to 300 as “poor”, 301 to 400 as “very poor” and 401 to 5.
