As the national capital is battling dense fog since a few days, with a visibility near zero, air travel continues to be affected. According to reports there has been a relay in flight operations at Delhi airport, with around 134 flights to and from Delhi, including domestic and international, disrupted, due to fog.

While 35 international flight departures got delayed from Delhi, 28 international arrivals got delayed as well. On the other hand, 43 domestic departures and 28 domestic arrivals got delayed. The IMD had forecast that the temperature on Thursday would hit a low of 7.8 degrees Celsius with the maximum at 22 degree Celsius.

Earlier on Wednesday, The IMD issued a dense fog alert for the national capital. IMD said it is to inform to all that dense fog has already set in over some pockets of Delhi including at IGI Airport Palam since 0830pm today of 27^th December 2023. In another post IMD said dense fog warning for Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi: very dense fog in night & morning hours till 30^th December morning and dense fog on 31^st December, 2023.

IMD also stated that the visibility at Delhi – Palam airport dropped from 100 metre at 2130 IST to 50 metre at 2200 IST on Wednesday. According to reports the four-airstrip IGI airport, as of now, has only one CAT-I runway where planes can land during very low visibility. The main warhorse 28/10 runway is shut for repairs.

A total number of 22 trains are delayed at the New Delhi Railway Station as well, amid low visibility. Trains like Howrah New Delhi Rajdhani and Jammu Tawi Rajdhani were running late for more than an hour. Videos from the station showed many passengers waiting amid intense cold.

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There is a possibility of light rain in the national capital (Delhi) on Thursday, and the maximum temperature will be around 42 degree Celsius. India Meteorological Department (IMD) gave this information.

The Meteorological Department also said that there is no possibility of heat wave this week. The minimum temperature in Delhi on Thursday was recorded at 26.6 degrees Celsius, which was one degree below average.

IMD officials said that there is a possibility of cloudy sky and drizzle in Delhi, on Thursday. The maximum temperature is expected to be 42 degree Celsius. The relative humidity was recorded at 46 per cent at 8.30 am.

This monsoon season in the country is expected to receive more rain than the earlier estimates. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) gave this information on Tuesday, which has raised hopes of bumper agricultural production and curbing inflation.

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IMD Director Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra told reporters that the average rainfall in this monsoon season is likely to be 103 percent of the long period average.

In April, the IMD said that the country will receive normal rainfall which will be 99 percent of the long period average, which is the average rainfall received over the 50 year period from 1971-2020.

The long-term average for the entire country is 87 cm. Mohapatra said the monsoon-affected regions, states from Gujarat to Odisha which are dependent on rainfall for agriculture, are expected to have normal rainfall of over 106 per cent of the long period average.

He said that there is a possibility of above normal rainfall in central India and south peninsula, while there is a possibility of normal rain in the north-east and north-west regions. This is the fourth consecutive year that India is likely to experience normal monsoon. Earlier, normal monsoon was observed in India in 2005-08 and 2010-13.

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