Delhi: As the temparature drops in north India, dense fog covers were seen in Delhi this morning. Indian Meteorological Department has said that dense to very dense fog conditions over Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh to continue for the next two to three hours and improve gradually.
Temperatures also dipped early morning on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Delhi Airport said that it has initiated Low Visibility Procedure due to the dense fog.
In a passenger advisory, the Delhi Airport said that Low Visibility Procedures are in progress but no flight operation has been impacted so far. It urged passengers to contact airlines for updated flight information.
According to AAI, Low Visibility Procedures are “specific procedures applied at an aerodrome for the purpose of ensuring safe operations during Categories II and III approaches and/or low visibility take-offs”.
The Indian Meteorological Department said that the lowest visibility (in meters) was reported at 05:30 am today.
Researcher on cyclones in the north Indian Ocean at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology said that the Delhi airport has been engulfed in very dense fog since 3am. “IITM visibility measuring sensors reporting visibility in the range 10m-50m between 3am-5am,” he said in a tweet with an attached graph.
Vice President of Meteorology and Climate Change, Mahesh Palawat said that visibility at the Palam airport dropped to 50 meters at 4:30 am and recovered to 100 metres at 7:30 am.
Another meteorologist said that dense to very dense layers of fog lay mainly over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi-NCR, North Rajasthan, and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
