Delhiites woke up to a foggy morning on Tuesday, a day after the city was engulfed under the Christmas fever. In fact, the festival of Christmas in most parts of Delhi and NCR was also celebrated under shallow to moderate fog.
The visibility in Delhi today dropped to 500 meters, making the daily commuters suffer. In the wake of foggy weather, at least 30 trains were delayed by their actual arriving time, and six others were rescheduled. While 10 trains have been canceled due to poor visibility or other operational issues.
As per Skymet Weather, now the intensity of fog is anticipated to increase marginally. A Western Disturbance is likely to approach the Western Himalayan region tonight. Due to this, the wind over Delhi and NCR are blowing from the southwesterly direction.
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Moreover, the winds that are at present light and calm in nature is expected to remain quiet for the next 48 hours and chances of becoming it calm is also anticipated during the late night and early morning hours. In addition to this, the minimums are also ranging in 7 to 9 degrees Celsius and the humidity levels are also high.
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All these factors, in turn, are responsible for fog formation which is at present the case in Delhi and its adjoining Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Faridabad. Along with fog, the pollution levels are also expected to increase. On December 25, many areas of Delhi and NCR were under ‘severe’ pollution zone.
Moreover, the intensity of fog is expected to remain moderate and pollution levels to remain high for at least another two days. Thereafter, with the passage of this Western Disturbance, the cold northwesterly-northerly winds will once again resume leading to the reduction in fog intensity and pollution levels.
Though for the next 24-48 hours, Delhiites will have to tussle with smoggy and foggy mornings.
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