Delhi shivers at 2.9 degrees

The capital got no respite from the bitter
cold as the minimum temperature today
settled at 2.9 degrees Celsius - four
notches below average. The Met office
has forecast a clear day ahead.
"The city was enveloped by the fog in the
morning, but the day will be clear. The
maximum temperature would hover
around 15 degree Celsius," an India
Meteorological Department (IMD) official
said.
Visibility at 8.30 a.m. was 600 metres
and humidity was 94 per cent, the IMD
official said.
Friday's maximum temperature was five
notches below average at 15.7 degree,
while the minimum temperature saw the
season's lowest at 2.7 degrees Celsius -
four notches below average.