Rain expected in evening, maximum temp to be 22°C

An active western disturbance is there over Northwest India from Monday with peak activity expected on January 23. KULDEEP SRIVASTAVA, senior Met department scientist

NEW DELHI: Delhi witnessed a chilly morning with mild fog on Monday as the minimum temperature dropped to 5.9 degree Celsius, two notches below normal. There was shallow fog in the early hours with visibility going down to 600m at 5.30am in Safdurjung and 700m at Palam. As the day progressed, the visibility improved.

Railway officials said 36 trains were running late, 13 rescheduled and 10 cancelled due to low visibility in Delhi and other places in North India on Monday. There were no disruptions in the movement of flights in the early hours due to fog, said Delhi Inter- national Airport Limited officials. The maximum temperature on Monday was recorded at 25.2 degree Celsius, four degrees above normal.

On Tuesday, generally cloudy sky is expected. Moderate fog is expected in the morning and light rain likely to occur towards afternoon or evening.

“A spell of light rain or thundershower is likely in Delhi and NCR on January 23 evening or night and moderate to dense fog is expected in the mornings of January 25 and 26. An active western disturbance is there over Northwest India from Monday with peak activity expected on January 23. In association with this system an induced cyclonic circulation is likely to form over West Rajasthan and neighbourhood. Moisture incursion will also take place over the region from Arabian Sea,” Kuldeep Srivastava, a senior Met department scientist, said.

The maximum and minimum temperatures on Tuesday are likely to be around 22 and 9 degree Celsius respectively.