While Tuesday came as a sunny day for Delhiites, the MeT department has predicted light rains are over the weekend making it colder for city dwellers. Besides, the weatherman has predicted similar weather conditions to prevail till Thursday with nights turning out to be slightly warmer than usual.
On Friday and Saturday, Delhiites can expect light rains which may lead temperatures to plummet. “Rains are expected on January 17 and 18 as a new set of western disturbance are likely to form over Jammu & Kashmir,” informed the weather man. Winters so far have been warmer compared to other years, he added. “Even spell of fog has been lesser in terms of long duration lasting only two days till maximum this time. January so far has seen only one day where the temperature touched 4°C,” they said.
“The coming two days will be pleasant. Nights will be warmer with temperatures remaining between 5°C to 7°C. This is happening because there is no wind currently. Fog conditions have also improved,” said a senior official in the MeT department. On Tuesday, fog conditions mostly remained normal. However, in the
early hours of the day the visibility dipped below average. “Between 7 am to 8.30 am the visibility dropped to 200 metres. It later got cleared. There were no flight disruptions due tot his,” informed an official in the IGI Airport.
On Tuesday, the maximum temperature remained well above normal settling at 22.1 degrees Celsius.The minimum was recorded at 8.2°C, which too was a point above average. Wednesday will have a mainly clear sky with possibility of shallow to moderate fog. The maximum will remain at 22°C while the minimum is expected to be 8°C.