Intense cold in Delhi

Intense cold conditions continued in the national capital today even though mercury registered a slight increase.
Due to reduced visibility in early hours, 25 Delhi-bound trains were running late, eight had to be rescheduled, a senior railway official said.
The Safdarjung observatory, considered official for the city, recorded a low of 4.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average, a MeT official said.
The Lodhi Road observatory recorded a minimum of 3 degrees Celsius, while areas under Palam, Ayanagar and Ridge logged a minimum of 5.3, 5.5 and 6 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The maximum temperature at Safdarjung was pegged at 19.5 degrees, a notch above the normal.

The visibility was recorded at 600 metres at 5.30 AM at Safdarjung and dropped to 300 metres at 8.30 AM before significantly improving to 1,500 metres at 11.30 AM.

At Palam, the visibility was 300 metres at 5.30 AM and it improved to 400 meters 8.30 AM. It improved to 1,000 metres at 11.30 AM, the MeT department official said.
The humidity oscillated between 100 and 55 per cent.
The weatherman has forecast partly cloudy skies for tomorrow with moderate to dense fog in the morning.
"Maximum and minimum temperatures tomorrow are likely to hover around 20 and 4 degrees Celsius," the official said.

Yesterday, maximum and minimum temperatures at Safdarjung were recorded at 17 degrees Celsius and 3.4 degrees Celsius, respectively.