In its nowcast warning issued at 7:20 am, the IMD said light to moderate rain is very likely over Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune, Nashik, Satara, and Nanded districts in the next three hours
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Mumbai residents woke up to a cloudy, haze-filled morning on Thursday, with a thin layer of fog reported in some areas. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which had issued a yellow alert for Mumbai and nearby districts until Wednesday, has not issued any fresh rain warning for today.
However, the weather agency forecast indicates a partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers likely through the day.
In its nowcast warning issued at 7:20 am, the IMD said light to moderate rain is very likely over Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune, Nashik, Satara, and Nanded districts in the next three hours.
According to the IMD’s latest update, Mumbai’s maximum temperature is expected to hover around 33 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature may drop to 25degrees Celsius.
City's AQI in 'good' category
On October 30, the Central Pollution Control Board’s SAMEER app reported in its latest Mumbai weather updates that the city’s air quality in the 'good' category, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 63 at 9.05 AM.
As per the SAMEER app dashboard, many areas across Mumbai showed 'good' AQI. Colaba, Worli, Borivali, Bhandup and Vile Parle recorded 'good' air quality, with an AQI of 41, 63, 48, 57 and 74, respectively.
Meanwhile, Powai, Malad, Andheri and Byculla recorded 'good' air quality, with an AQI of 61, 80, 64 and 42, respectively.
According to data from the SAMEER app, Navi Mumbai recorded air quality in the 'good' category with an AQI of 56, while Thane registered a 'good' AQI of 64.
The air quality index from 0 to 100 is considered 'good', 100 to 200 'moderate', 200 to 300 'poor', 300 to 400 'very poor' and from 400 to 500 or above 'severe'.
Meanwhile, Delhi woke up to a hazy morning on Thursday, with the city's air quality remaining in the 'very poor' category at 352, as of 8 am.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the monitoring station at Anand Vihar reported an AQI of 408 and Vivek Vihar 415, categorised as 'Severe' air quality, as of 8 am. Meanwhile, several monitoring stations reported 'very poor' air quality.
As of 8 am, Ashok Vihar reported an AQI of 388, Aya Nagar 331, Bawana 387, Burari Crossing 369, Dwarka Sector-8 371, IGI Airport T3 320, ITO 370, Lodhi Road 334, Mundka 364, Najafgarh 338, Narela 371, Punjabi Bagh 368, Patparganj 386, RK Puram 374 and Sirifort 381 -- all categorised as 'very poor'.
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