Fog disrupts traffic movement in Delhi as minimum temperature drops to 4.2 deg C
Delhi's minimum temperature dropped to 4.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, on Friday
New Delhi: Delhi's minimum temperature dropped to 4.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, on Friday even as foggy conditions disrupted traffic movement, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Moderate fog lowered visibility to 350 metres at Safdarjung and Palam, officials said.
Easterly winds have already started blowing in the national capital. A cloud cover will further increase the minimum temperature on Saturday and Sunday," Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, said.
Srivastava said that the minimum temperature will again drop to four degrees Celsius by Monday.
The WD will lead to widespread snowfall in the upper hills of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Cold, dry winds from the snow-capped mountains will bring the mercury down to 4 degrees Celsius by Monday, he said.