IN WHAT has ushered in respite for residents, town skilled under regular daytime temperatures for the third consecutive day on Sunday at 30.2 levels Celsius, even because the minimal temperatures have seen a major spike over the previous one week. Nevertheless, Mumbai continued to reel underneath haze with the general air high quality index (AQI) languishing within the reasonable class, at 178, on Sunday.
Information furnished by the India Meteorological Division confirmed that on Saturday, the Santacruz observatory logged 30.2 levels Celsius— which is 2 levels under the everyday day time temperatures—whereas the Colaba coastal observatory recorded 30.4 levels Celsius.
A day earlier, town recorded 29.8 levels Celsius on Saturday, which was town’s lowest most temperature for the month of December since 2022 when the day-time temperatures dipped to 29 levels Celsius on December 26.
In the meantime, days after registering 14 levels Celsius on the mercury scales on December 16, the minimal temperatures have seen a stark rise inside every week with temperatures touching 20 levels Celsius, which is 2.4 levels Celsius above regular – on Sunday.
“In a 24-hour cycle, wind route modifications thrice. At the moment, we’re receiving westerlies early and even the northerly winds are very sturdy. Due to this, the day time temperatures have dipped. On the similar time, there’s a system within the Bay of Bengal, which has led to the incursion of moisture and due to this fact, the temperatures in the course of the evening time have spiked,” defined Sunil Kamble, director of IMD Mumbai.
In its forecast bulletin, the IMD has indicated that Mumbai will proceed to expertise minimal temperatures within the vary of twenty-two – 23 levels till the tip of the upcoming week, whereas the utmost temperatures are additionally anticipated to spike. Moreover, the climate bureau has acknowledged that town will witness ‘partly cloudy sky with haze’ all through the week.
AQI improves albeit marginally
In the meantime, town continues to search out itself engulfed in haze with the general air high quality hovering within the ‘reasonable’ class. On Sunday, even because the AQI improved marginally, it continued to stay increased than typical as the general AQI touched 178. Of town’s 23 stations, six areas logged ‘poor’ class air because the AQI surpassed the 200-mark.
The worst air high quality was registered in Colaba (273), adopted by Borivali East (271), Malad West (266), Mazgaon (258), Kandivali West (234) and Deonar (210). Information mirrored that not one of the metropolis’s stations skilled ‘passable’ air which is indicative of AQI between 50 – 100.
In keeping with the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB) bulletin, PM 2.5 was essentially the most distinguished pollutant on Sunday.
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