An advisory for severe fog was issued on Thursday by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, north Rajasthan, and north Madhya Pradesh. There was a lot of fog on Thursday morning in many parts of North India, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana. Reduced visibility from the thick fog added to the traffic disruptions.
IMD Issues Dense Fog Advisory For North India
Dense Fog Advisory for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi Uttar Pradesh, north Rajasthan & north Madhya Pradesh:
· Be careful while driving or outing through any transport.— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 28, 2023
For the next three to four days, the IMD has issued additional warnings of dense fog. The warning is for the northwest and portions of neighbouring central India. In addition, the Meteorological Department released information regarding the satellite images that showed fog engulfing the region of North India.
· Use fog lights during driving.
· Be in touch with airlines, railways and state transport for schedule of your journey.— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 28, 2023
According to IMD, at 5:30am IST today, isolated patches of dense to very dense fog (with visibility of 0 to 25 metres) were seen in North Madhya Pradesh, Southwest Rajasthan, and certain parts of Uttar Pradesh.
Punjab, Ambala, Chandigarh, and Safdarjung in Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi (25–50 metres), Ganganagar and Churu in Northwest Rajasthan (50 metres), Bareilly, Jhansi, Lucknow, Varanasi, and Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh (25–50 metres), and Gwalior and Satna in North Madhya Pradesh were among the places where the visibility was reported to be ≤50 metres at the same time. (As per Live Mint)
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Severe To Extremely Dense Fog Expected
The Extension of Fog layer (grey coloured part) can be seen from Punjab to East Uttar Pradesh across Haryana-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, extreme north Rajasthan & north Madhya Pradesh during 15 UTC (2030 IST) of 27 Dec to 00 UTC (0530 IST) of 28 Dec. pic.twitter.com/YksMF2MhIz
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 28, 2023
From Punjab to East Uttar Pradesh, across Haryana-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, extreme north Rajasthan, and north Madhya Pradesh, the fog layer’s extension (grey-coloured portion) was visible. For the next three to four days, the Northwest and portions of neighbouring Central India are likely to have severe to extremely dense fog.
The nation’s capital and the surrounding areas were blanketed in thick fog on Thursday morning. This made it difficult to see on the roadways and caused delays for many trains and airplanes. In the thick fog, passengers were observed forming lines at the Indira Gandhi International Airport gate. The fog affected about 134 aircraft, both inbound and outbound (domestic and international).
Fog Observed (at 0530 hours IST of today): Dense to very dense fog (0-25 meters) in some pockets of Uttar Pradesh and in isolated pockets over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Southwest Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh.
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 28, 2023
The airport had delays for 35 international flight departures and 28 international arrivals. Okay. However, there were 28 domestic arrivals and 43 domestic departures that were delayed. Due to poor visibility, up to 22 trains at the New Delhi Railway Station had several-hour delays.
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