Delhi weather alert: Will Delhi continue to see dense fog as air pollution worsens? Check IMD’s weekly bulletin

In Delhi on Wednesday, many parts of the capital were shrouded in a thick layer of toxic smog, with the air quality index remaining in the “very poor” category. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted clear skies for the national capital today, with shallow fog at many places and moderate fog at isolated places during the morning hours. In its weather bulletin dated December 15, IMD said that dense fog conditions may prevail in Delhi during the morning hours on Wednesday, December 17. “Dense fog conditions are very likely to prevail in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh and Delhi on 16-17 December, Himachal Pradesh on 16-18 December and Northeast India on 16-20 December in the early hours/morning hours,” IMD said.

Maximum and minimum temperatures today are expected to remain in the range of 23 to 25 degrees Celsius and 9 to 11 degrees Celsius respectively. On December 18, the maximum temperature will vary between 23 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature will range between 8 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius.

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Delhi weekly weather forecast

According to the meteorological agency’s forecast, the five-day weekly weather forecast for Delhi is as follows:
December 17: Skies mostly clear. Shallow fog in many places in the morning, moderate fog in remote places.

December 18: Skies mostly clear. Shallow fog in many places in the morning, moderate fog in remote places.

December 19: Partly cloudy skies. Shallow to moderate fog in the morning hours.
December 20: Partly cloudy skies. Shallow to moderate fog in the morning hours. December 21: Partly cloudy skies. Shallow to moderate fog in the morning hours.

December 22: Partly cloudy skies. Shallow to moderate fog in the morning hours.

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Cold wave in Telangana, Madhya Pradesh

The weather office has warned of dense to very dense fog conditions during morning hours in isolated areas of Uttar Pradesh and Eastern Madhya Pradesh from December 17 to December 20. “Dense fog conditions are very likely to prevail in the morning hours in isolated areas of Northwest and Northeast India from December 17 to 21,” IMD said. “Cold wave conditions are very likely to prevail in Western Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and North Interior Karnataka on December 17 and 18,” IMD said.

“Dense fog in isolated parts of Northeast India between 17-21 December, in Punjab between 17-20 December; in Himachal Pradesh between 17-19 December; in Uttarakhand, Western Madhya Pradesh and Odisha between 17-18 December; in early/morning hours in Haryana and Chandigarh between 18-20 December,” the statement said. “It is likely that conditions will prevail.”