Dense fog in Delhi disrupts flights and cancels trains

There was dense fog in Delhi with minimum temperature settling at 11.5 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal. The city had recorded a maximum temperature of 24.7 degrees Celsius the previous day - it was five degrees above normal. As a result, more than 130 trains were cancelled and 60 early morning flights were delayed. The meteorological department has predicted a partly cloudy sky and moderate to dense fog early on Friday morning with very light, isolated showers.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 8 January 2016.

This condition is because of a western disturbance that is affecting northwest India and causing shallow fog and mist. At the IGI Airport, visibility barely crossed 500-900m during the day and was below 700m between 4.30pm and 7.30pm. Similarly, in the morning hours there was poor visibility. The previous day, it was 1,200-1,500m during the same period. This was attributed to higher humidity which, by 11.30am had touched 78% and were 85% at 5.30pm.
Another contributory factor for low visibility was the calm wind - against the three-six knots experienced between 11.30am and 4.30pm on Wednesday, there was almost no wind on Thursday.


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