The Capital on Saturday recorded a slight uptick in wind velocity, however that was not sufficient to considerably enhance the air pollution ranges as Delhi logged one more day with its air high quality in “very poor” zone.
A hazy sky at Kartavya Path on Saturday morning. (Vipin Kumar/HT Picture)
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) said that the wind velocity in Delhi rose to 8-10kmph on Saturday, from the 4-6kmph on Friday. As well as, knowledge shared by the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB) revealed that Delhi’s 24-hour common air high quality (AQI) studying was 352 on Saturday, an enchancment on the 380 recorded the day prior to this.
“The wind that primarily prevailed on Saturday was from the east. The wind speed, however, had increased to 8-10kmph, leading to higher dispersal of pollutants,” Mahesh Palawat, vp at Skymet, stated.
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Krishna Mishra, a scientist at IMD, stated, “Easterlies have been prevailing over most parts of northwest India for the past few days and it is likely to prevail for the next three to four days in the northwest region, including Delhi.”
The elevated wind velocity additionally helped enhance visibility. “Mist or shallow fog had been reported at Safdarjung airport. Safdarjung airport recorded lowest visibility at 600 metres at 7am, which improved to 900m at 8.30am and 1,200m at 5.30pm,” an IMD official stated.
As well as, the variety of AQI monitoring stations which went into the “severe” zone dropped to simply two — Bawana and New Moti Bagh— in comparison with 12 the day earlier than.
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Nevertheless, forecasts by the Air High quality Early Warning System (AQEWS) counsel that Delhi’s air high quality will proceed to be within the “very poor” class for the following few days.
In the meantime, the Capital recorded one more heat day on Saturday, as the utmost temperature was recorded at 32.5 levels Celsius (°C), three notches above regular and up from 31.7°C a day earlier than. The minimal stood at 18.3°C, 4 levels above regular and 0.2°C increased than the day prior to this’s 18.1°C. Forecasts counsel that the temperatures are prone to stay related on Sunday too.