Mumbai city and its suburbs are expected to experience mainly clear skies, with maximum and minimum temperatures likely to hover around 36 degC and 24 degC, respectively.
Air quality remained in the ‘moderate’ category, with an AQI of 114 recorded by the Sameer app at 9 am on Saturday, April 11. Such conditions may cause breathing discomfort for individuals with lung disorders, asthma, or heart diseases.
Among various locations, Chakala recorded the highest pollution level with an AQI of 161, followed by Bandra-Kurla Complex (155), Colaba (143), Kurla (132), Bandra East (122), Worli (115), and Borivali East (111). Meanwhile, relatively cleaner air was observed in Mulund West (31) and Kandivali East (42), with other areas like Vile Parle East (86), Sewri (88), Powai (85), and Deonar (97) also reporting better air quality.
Overall, weather conditions are expected to remain stable with no major fluctuations, while air quality is likely to stay within the moderate to satisfactory range.
Mercury continues to rise in Delhi; AQI `moderate`
The national capital continued to see a rise in the minimum temperature on Saturday, with the weather forecasts now suggesting that temperatures will rise over the next few days.
Safdarjung, the city`s base station, recorded a minimum temperature of 18.6 degrees Celsius, 2.4 degrees below normal but 2.3 degrees above the day before, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Other weather stations also logged a significant rise in the minimum temperature.
Meanwhile, the IMD has forecast the minimum temperature to be around 19-21 degrees Celsius by Sunday. The maximum temperature is likely to be around 34-36 degrees on Saturday and 35-37 degrees Celsius on Sunday.
The Met department has also forecast gusty winds of speed 10-20 kmph, even reaching 30 kmph, to continue through the daytime hours of Saturday.
Meanwhile, the air quality index (AQI) of the city saw a further improvement on Saturday morning and was logged at 126 (moderate) at 9 am, as compared to the 24-hour average AQI of 151 (moderate) recorded at 4pm on Friday.
