The city woke up to a warm morning with the minimum temperature settling at 31 degrees Celsius, 3.8 notches above the season’s average.
The weather department has predicted a hot and humid forenoon with very light rainfall accompanied by gusty winds.
The maximum temperature is expected to touch 36 degrees Celsius, the weather office stated.
Relative humidity was recorded at 68 per cent at 8.30 am.
The air quality was recorded in the ‘moderate’ category at 9 am, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 176, according to Sameer App.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero 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’.
