According to the Met Office, Delhi experienced its coldest day of the month on Thursday, with a minimum temperature of 8.8 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season's average. The city will likely have a partly cloudy sky during the day, with a maximum temperature of around 25 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD bulletin reported a 75% relative humidity at 8:30 am, and Delhi has experienced minimum temperatures between 10 and 18 degrees in the first week of March over the past 12 years.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has reported an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 179 at 9 a.m. The AQI scale ranges from 0 to 500, where an AQI between 0 and 50 is considered "good," 51-100 "satisfactory," 101-200 "moderate," 201-300 "poor," 301-400 "very poor," and 401-500 "severe."
In other development, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for rainfall and snowfall in Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand until 7th March. However, the weather department predicts dry weather in most parts of the country for the next four days. The IMD's daily weather bulletin also stated that hot and humid weather will prevail in Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala for two days.
IMD has forecast very light to light rain and snow in isolated areas in Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Bageshwar, and Pithoragarh today in Uttarakhand. The MeT office in Himachal Pradesh has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms and lightning in isolated areas on Wednesday and Thursday. A cyclonic circulation is expected over interior Odisha and its neighbourhood, causing isolated rainfall in Odisha from 5th-8th March and in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim from 7th-9th March.
(Inputs from agencies)
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