The weather department predicts mostly cloudy skies for today.
New Delhi:
Gusty winds accompanied by rain lashed parts of the national capital on Monday, turning pleasant weather.
The windy conditions saw the mercury drop to 30.5 degrees Celsius today, three notches below the seasonal average.
Rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, was recorded in parts of Noida, Indirapuram, South Delhi and East Delhi.
Mahesh Palawat, vice president (meteorology and climate change), Skymet Weather, said in a post by .” In another message, he noted that light rain and cool winds have lowered Delhi’s maximum temperature by 5 degrees.
“From 36.5 to 30.5 in the last 24 hours. The minimum could also drop,” he said in a post.
There was a little bit of odor in the air on Monday. The Air Quality Index (AQI) at 9am stood at 195 but deteriorated to poor category as the 24-hour AQI was recorded at 207 at 4pm. However, at 7pm the AQI showed marginal improvement to be in the moderate category establish as the AQI 200 indicates.
An AQI between 0-50 is considered “good”, 51-100 “satisfactory”, 101-200 “moderate”, 201-300 “poor”, 301-400 “very poor” and 401-500 “severe”. An AQI above 500 falls into the ‘severe plus’ category.
According to the IMD, the air quality is likely to be in the moderate category on Tuesday and poor on Wednesday and Thursday.
The weather department predicts mostly cloudy skies for Tuesday with a chance of light rain or thunderstorms.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 31 and 20 degrees Celsius respectively.
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