Fog is affecting visibility in many airports in northern India, including Delhi. The Met department has now issued a dense fog advisory from December 8 to 10.
Visibility at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) remained poor for nearly six hours on Monday, falling to a lowest of 300 metres. “Some flight schedules were disrupted due to the poor visibility but there were not any major delays. Poor visibility in airports like Lucknow and Varanasi also delayed some connecting flights,” said a source at the airport.
Though Delhi airport has been witnessing moderate fog for the last couple of days, dense fog is not likely to set in before Friday, said R.K. Jenamani, Director-in-Charge, IGIA Met unit. “IGIA has been seeing moderate fog in the morning and the visibility on Monday was touching CAT I conditions. However, we expect dense fog in few days but not before December 11 or 12,” Dr. Jenamani said.
“There is some wind and churning in the atmosphere and the smog is persisting but there is presence of cloud, which doesn’t allow the night temperature to fall. With temperature not dipping, it means no dense or intensification of smog is expected,” he said. “However, we have issued an alert for the next three days,” he added.
Mr. Jenamani said that thanks to the presence of cloud cover over Delhi, dense fog has not yet appeared and even if it does, there would be a break in its intensity.
08/12/15 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
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Visibility at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) remained poor for nearly six hours on Monday, falling to a lowest of 300 metres. “Some flight schedules were disrupted due to the poor visibility but there were not any major delays. Poor visibility in airports like Lucknow and Varanasi also delayed some connecting flights,” said a source at the airport.
Though Delhi airport has been witnessing moderate fog for the last couple of days, dense fog is not likely to set in before Friday, said R.K. Jenamani, Director-in-Charge, IGIA Met unit. “IGIA has been seeing moderate fog in the morning and the visibility on Monday was touching CAT I conditions. However, we expect dense fog in few days but not before December 11 or 12,” Dr. Jenamani said.
“There is some wind and churning in the atmosphere and the smog is persisting but there is presence of cloud, which doesn’t allow the night temperature to fall. With temperature not dipping, it means no dense or intensification of smog is expected,” he said. “However, we have issued an alert for the next three days,” he added.
Mr. Jenamani said that thanks to the presence of cloud cover over Delhi, dense fog has not yet appeared and even if it does, there would be a break in its intensity.
08/12/15 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
