India, Feb. 2 -- The Capital recorded patchy light rain on Sunday accompanied by strong winds as a western disturbance began to influence the region, raising minimum temperature and helping air quality improve marginally.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast fairly mild weather ahead, with a fresh western disturbance expected to influence northwest India between February 5-7 - preventing a dip in minimum temperatures. Similar scattered very light rain is also likely over the coming weekend, experts said.

On Sunday, Delhi's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 265 (poor) at 4 pm - down from a reading of 315 (very poor) at the same time on Saturday. AQI is forecast to stay in the "poor" category till at least...