Mumbai weather: Clear skies over city and suburbs; max temperature at 31 degrees

Mumbai wakes up to clear skies on Thursday morning The maximum temperature across the city and suburbs is likely to reach around 32 degrees Celsius while the minimum may hover around 22 degrees Celsius making it a warmer dayAccording to the latest forecast issued at 9 am clear skies expected across city and suburbsMumbai AQIMumbairsquos overall Air Quality Index AQI stood at 59 on Thursday morning placing it in the lsquosatisfactoryrsquo categoryAccording to centres SAMEER app pollution levels have come down to a satisfactory category across different parts of the city on Thursday BandraKurla Complex recorded and AQI of 76 Andheri East 81 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport 54 Colaba 59 Deonar 84 Bandra East 51 Kurla 67 Worli 83 indicating steady air quality conditionsHowever Byculla recorded an AQI of 40 Chembur 46 Bhandup 45 Mazgaon 50 Mulund West 35 Sewri 47 Siddhart NagarWorli 50 and Sion 36 placing it in a good categoryOn the other hand Borivali East recorded an AQI of 26 placing it firmly in the lsquogoodrsquo category and indicating significantly cleaner airAir quality in DelhiNCR improves to moderate level a day after light rain spellFollowing a brief period of light rain in DelhiNCR the air quality showed improvement on Thursday with the overall Air Quality Index AQI measured at 169 categorising it as moderateAccording to the Central Pollution Control Board CPCB several monitoring stations across Delhi continued to record AQI levels ranging from moderate to poor Key readings included Anand Vihar 249 Ashok Vihar 181 Bawana 193 Chandni Chowk 227 DTU 130 Dwarka Sector8 152 IIT Delhi 128 Jahangirpuri 201 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 170 Mundka 203 Narela 157 Nehru Nagar 203 North Campus 120 Okhla Phase2 207 Pusa 156 RK Puram 175 Rohini 191 Sonia Vihar 203 and Wazirpur 193In the NCR region Noida also reported similar pollution levels AQI readings were recorded at Noida Sector125 197 Noida Sector62 146 Noida Sector1 207 and Noida Sector116Despite Wednesdayrsquos improvement the 24hour average AQI stood at 214 as per the 4 pm bulletin which placed it in the lsquopoorrsquo category This marked the fifth consecutive day that Delhirsquos average AQI remained in the poor range though it was a few points lower than Tuesdayrsquos average AQI of 249The light showers received across DelhiNCR on Wednesday February 18 brought relief from rising temperatures helped improve the Air Quality Index and lifted the mood of residents Based on forecasts by the India Meteorological Department IMD and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology IITM the AQI is expected to remain in the lsquopoorrsquo to lsquomoderatersquo category in the coming daysDelhi is not expected to receive further rainfall in the immediate future According to the forecast residents may experience chilly mornings while daytime temperatures could rise to around 30 degrees Celsius later this weekThe weather is expected to remain misty throughout the day with temperatures ranging between 13 and 27 degrees Celsius High humidity levels may reduce visibility during the latenight hours