Every year the month of December records at least 2 to 3 zero visibility days in Delhi and dense fog hours at other metropolitan cities that causes a number of flight cancellations. But this year due to strong winds and low humidity levels, only shallow fog and mist in the early morning hours has been observed. Here we have a compiled a list of the weather in Indian Airports in all the major cities.
Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.
No fog in the Delhi Airport is expected for the next 24 hours, as the flow of the northwesterly winds coming from the north will be strong. Such weather in Delhi airport is particularly unusual this year; the winter season has been comparatively warmer with no significant fog and sunny days. So you can be rest assured that your flight will not be cancelled.
Sri Guru Ram Dass jee International Airport, Amritsar
High wind speed will not allow fog to form at the Amritsar airport either. Your plans to visit relatives or a vacation will not be hampered by any flight delays.
Chaudhary Charan Singh International airport, Lucknow
A lucky day for the people of Lucknow. No fog or mist will be observed. Skies in the early morning hours will be clear.
Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan airport, Patna
Good news for Patna, fog free day as the moderate fog that had been there has passed. Wind speed has picked up and the visibility levels have improved considerably. Bihar will notice a declining fog trend in the coming days.
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, Varanasi
No flights will be delayed at the Varanasi Airport as the day will be bright and sunny, humidity levels will be low, thus no fog at all. Skies will clear with no clouds.
Netaji Subash Chnadra Bose airport, Kolkata
Calm northwesterly winds and the moisture feed from the Bay of Bengal will create shallow fog conditions in Kolkata. Visibility in the early morning hours could be as low as 300 - 400meters. This fog condition is not dense enough to cause any delays in air traffic.
Bengaluru International airport
Moderate fog over Bengaluru, from 5:30am to 6:30am might cause some difficulty to people driving in the early morning hours but it will not disrupt any major flights at the airport. Though travelers must stay in touch with the airport authorities to find out if there are any chances of their early morning flights getting canceled or delayed. This unpredictable fog trend over Bengaluru has often baffled forecasters. The change in the direction of the local winds in the city and the moisture getting trapped in the atmosphere causes the fog to form, explain forecasters.
Times are lucky for travelers and airport authorities right now but, not for too long! Our forecasters predict fog in Indian Airport to begin at the onset of January 2013.
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