Mumbai: Clear skies expected across city and suburbs; temperature to touch 35 degree Celsius

Warm conditions are likely to prevail through the day, with the maximum temperature expected to reach around 35 degrees Celsius. File Pic

Mumbai woke up to mainly clear skies on the weekend. Warm conditions are likely to prevail through the day, with the maximum temperature expected to reach around 35 degrees Celsius, as per the latest weather update. The minimum temperature is likely to settle near 21 degrees Celsius.

According to the latest forecast issued at 10 am, mainly clear sky conditions are expected across the city and suburbs.

Meanwhile, Mumbai's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 124 on Saturday morning, placing it in the ‘moderate' category.

According to the Centre's SAMEER app, pollution levels varied across different parts of the city on Friday. Bandra-Kurla Complex recorded an AQI of 137, Andheri East 144 and Deonar 144 all reflecting relatively higher pollution levels within the moderate range. Meanwhile, Chembur reported an AQI of 112, Kandivali East 116 and Kurla 116, indicating steady air quality conditions.

In contrast, Borivali East recorded a comparatively better AQI of 64, placing it in the ‘satisfactory' category. Overall, while most monitoring stations remained in the ‘moderate' bracket, the variation across locations highlighted fluctuating air quality levels in different pockets of the city.

Delhi's air quality improves to ‘moderate' as AQI drops to 183

The national Capital's air quality showed slight improvement on Friday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 183, placing it in the ‘moderate' category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Delhi had registered a ‘poor' AQI of 209 on Thursday and 294 on Wednesday morning.

As per CPCB data, several monitoring stations across the city continued to record moderate to poor air quality levels. Anand Vihar recorded an AQI of 236, Bawana 215, Chandni Chowk 176, DTU 202, Dwarka Sector-8 194, IGI Airport (T3) 144, Jahangirpuri 252, Mandir Marg 145, Mundka 237, Narela 229, Okhla Phase-2 180, Patparganj 193, Pusa 209, R.K. Puram 199, Rohini 232, Shadipur 261, Sonia Vihar 211, Vivek Vihar 211 and Wazirpur 215.

Meanwhile, the national Capital recorded a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius around 7 a.m., with humidity at 95 per cent, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

As per AQI classification, a reading between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good', 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory', 101 to 200 ‘moderate', 201 to 300 ‘poor', 301 to 400 ‘very poor', and 401 to 500 ‘severe'.

Delhi has been witnessing warmer afternoons over the past few days, though light mist during the early hours continues to bring a chill in the mornings. With daytime temperatures gradually rising, the national Capital appears to be moving out of the harsher phase of winter. According to the IMD, the minimum temperature is expected to hover around 11 degrees Celsius, while the maximum may climb to 27 degrees Celsius on Friday.

Unlike Thursday's clear skies, Delhi is likely to wake up to mist, followed by partly cloudy conditions later in the day.

The IMD said skies will remain mainly clear on February 14 and 15. It also forecast partly cloudy skies on February 13 and 16, while generally cloudy conditions are expected on February 17 and 18.

Temperatures are likely to remain largely unchanged this week, with warmer days ahead and misty mornings continuing.