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The familiar dense fog that has plagued Delhi-NCR, reducing visibility and causing delays to flights and trains over the last few weeks, dissipated into a very shallow haze on Saturday and cold day conditions lifted marginally, bringing some relief in the middle of what has been a particularly cold and dark winter.o)..
While the nights were not as frigid and the day was helped by some sunshine, Saturday still felt fairly cold since the difference between the night-time low and the daytime high reduced to a single digit of 9.2C at Safdarjung which is representative of the citys weather..
In its forecast for Saturday, the IMD had issued an orange alert for Saturday, forecasting cold to severe cold day conditions and a dense to very dense fog in the early hours predictions that did not come to bear. . Still, the skies were not entirely clear on Saturday and at least 11 trains bound for or passing through the Capital were delayed due to foggy conditions, according to Northern Railway..
It also issued a yellow alert for Sunday, stating that cold day conditions might be observed at isolated locations within the Capital along with moderate to dense fog in the morning..
The IMD qualifies it as a cold day when the maximum temperature is 4.5 degrees or more below the normal and the minimum is below 10C. ..
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