Delhi-NCR: Air Will Remain in The Inferior Category for The Next Two Days

&NewLine;<p>November 12&comma; 2022 – The air quality of Delhi-NCR has deteriorated from poor to very poor in the last 24 hours&period; However&comma; despite the season&&num;8217&semi;s highest parali burning in Punjab&comma; the wind did not turn severe&period; Experts have attributed favorable weather conditions to this&period; Air standard agencies forecast that the air will remain in the inferior category for the next two days due to no significant change in weather conditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Dr&period; Gurfan Baig&comma; director of Centre&&num;8217&semi;s air standards body Safar India&comma; said that despite the wind direction being northwest on Friday&comma; burning parali had a lesser share in the pollution of Delhi-NCR&period; The main reason for this was the high speed of the surface and local level winds&period; Because of this&comma; the pollutants coming along with the air did not stop only in Delhi-NCR but further reached and spread to central India&period; Because of this&comma; the smoke from burning parali could not accumulate in any place&period; According to the Central Pollution Control Board &lpar;CPCB&rpar;&comma; Delhi&&num;8217&semi;s AQI of 346 has been recorded in the very poor category&period; At the same time&comma; the air of Faridabad&comma; Greater Noida&comma; and Gurugram was also very bad&period; The air in Noida and Ghaziabad has been recorded in the poor category&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Smoke from Parali<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research&comma; incidents of parali burning have been recorded at 3916 places in the last 24 hours in Punjab&comma; which is the highest&period; At the same time&comma; parali was burnt at 152 locations in Haryana&comma; 36 in Uttar Pradesh&comma; 482 in Madhya Pradesh&comma; and 95 in Rajasthan&period; According to SAFAR&comma; a 19 percent share in PM 2&period;5 has been recorded due to the burning of parali&period; At the same time&comma; particles larger than 2&period;5 micrometers accounted for 59 percent of PM 10&period; The PM 10 level was recorded at 323&comma; and the PM 2&period;5 level at 199 micrograms per cubic meter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Favorable conditions<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology &lpar;IITM&rpar;&comma; the wind direction was northwest&comma; with a speed of eight to 12 kilometers per hour during the last 24 hours&period; Also&comma; due to sunshine throughout the day&comma; the mixing height was recorded at 2250 meters&comma; and the ventilation index was up to 18 thousand square meters per second&period; This was why its share was not recorded even after reaching the pollutant due to the burning of parali&period; The department forecasts that in the next 24 hours&comma; the mixing height can be recorded up to 2130 meters and the ventilation index up to 20500 square meters per second&period; At the same time&comma; the mixing height is 1650 meters&comma; and the ventilation index is likely to be recorded at 10300 square meters per second on Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">AQI of Delhi-NCR <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Delhi &&num;8211&semi; 346&comma; Faridabad &&num;8211&semi; 304&comma; Ghaziabad &&num;8211&semi; 285&comma; Greater Noida &&num;8211&semi; 311&comma; Gurugram &&num;8211&semi; 353&comma; Noida &&num;8211&semi; 286&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Temperature to dip from next week<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The weather will take a turn in the capital from next week&period; The nights will be colder&period; The Meteorological Department has forecast that the minimum temperature may reach 12 degrees Celsius by the end of next week&period; On the other hand&comma; in the last 24 hours&comma; the maximum temperature was 28&period;5 degrees Celsius below average&comma; and the minimum temperature was 14&period;6 degrees Celsius above average&period; The humidity level in the air was recorded at 39 to 94 percent&period; The department has forecast that in the next 24 hours&comma; with light fog in the morning&comma; the maximum temperature can be recorded at 29&comma; and the minimum temperature is 14 degree Celsius&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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