New Delhi: The national capital will experience dense fog with light rain towards the evening on Thursday, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD). The minimum temperature will settle at 7 degrees Celsius and maximum will hover at 23 degrees Celsius.

Delhi airport advisory The Delhi airport has issued an advisory for passengers on microblogging platform X. The advisory read, '' Low Visibility Procedures are in progress at Delhi Airport. All flight operations are presently normal. Passengers are requested to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information.''

Delhi's AQIDelhi's air quality remained in the "very poor" category for the second consecutive day, after previously being in the "severe" category, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe". The humidity levels oscillated between 67 per cent and 100 per cent.The weatherman has forecast that dense fog conditions are likely to prevail in the late night and early morning hours in Delhi on the December 25, 26, and 28.It also predicted partly cloudy skies with the possibility of very light to light rain towards evening or night.The predominant surface wind is expected to be from the northeast direction, with speeds less than 4 km/h during the morning hours. Smog and moderate fog are likely in most areas, with dense fog in isolated places in the morning.Wind speeds will increase later and will travel at less than 8 kmph from the north-northwest direction during the afternoon. They will decrease again, dropping to less than 4 kmph from the north direction during the evening and night. Smog and shallow fog are expected in the evening and night, it said.The maximum and minimum temperatures are predicted to be around 23 and 7 degrees Celsius, respectively.With PTI Inputs