Monsoon delay brings fog to Krishna, Guntur districts

Vijayawada: Unusual fog greeted people in both Krishna and Guntur districts on Thursday morning.

The fog continued till 7.15 am. However, flight schedules were not affected by it. Officials of metereological department at the Gannavaram airport opined that the fog  witnessed in September due to delayed monsoon and disturbance to normal seasonal pattern.

The airport authorities said there was no disturbance to flight schedule at Gannavaram airport as the first flight lands at 9 am. IMD scientist K. Sitaram said  that the fog occurred due to excess humidity in air which comes around 75 per cent. With the increase in humidity, it fails to break the inversion layer, which resulted in fog.