The India Meteorological division (IMD) has forecast very gentle to gentle rain in Delhi all through the day owing to western disturbance influencing the area, whereas the town’s air high quality improved to ‘moderate’, aided by gusty winds.
A view of India Gate from Raisina Hills on a dark day in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Picture)
The minimal temperature within the Capital fell barely to 18.4°C on Friday, which was 5.9°C above regular. Nevertheless, it was a marginal lower from Thursday’s 19.5°C, which was the very best minimal in February from 1951-2025, in response to knowledge shared by the IMD.
Sharing satellite tv for pc photographs of convective clouds related to the western disturbance over northwest India, the IMD mentioned, “Light rainfall or drizzle (30-50 kmph gusty wind) is very likely to occur at few places of Delhi…”
Based on the forecast, gentle rain can be anticipated to happen over the weekend, following which there may once more be a dip within the minimal temperature.
The utmost, which was recorded at 25°C on Thursday, is prone to be round 22-24°C on Friday.
“Overcast skies often trap the heat and prevent it from escaping during night, leading to warmer nights. Cloudy skies are forecast to continue throughout next week, though no rain is likely after the weekend,” an IMD official mentioned.
Delhi’s air high quality, in the meantime, improved to 111 (average) at 9 am on Friday, as in comparison with the 24-hour common of 215 (poor) at 4pm on Friday. It was 247 (poor) on the similar time on Wednesday.
Forecasts by the Centre’s Early Warning System (EWS) for Delhi, underneath the ministry of earth sciences, mentioned the AQI would stay within the ‘moderate’ vary on Friday.
“Air quality is likely to be in the ‘moderate’ category from February 28 till March 1. The outlook for the subsequent six days shows AQI will remain ‘moderate’,” the EWS mentioned.
The Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB) classifies AQI between 0 and 50 as ‘good’, between 51 and 100 as ‘satisfactory’, between 101 and 200 as ‘moderate’, between 201 and 300 as ‘poor’, between 301 and 400 as ‘very poor’, and over 400 as ‘severe’.