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| Jammu getting warmer, icy winds in Valley | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 23
Despite brief showers last night, the weather is showed drift towards summer in Jammu even though the Valley has been further gripped by cold.
Icy winds lashed the Kashmir valley on Saturday as high altitude areas in the state received fresh snowfall and the plains were lashed by torrential rains.
Srinagar and adjoining areas shivered in intense cold as a result of a fresh spell of snowfall in mountain ranges surrounding Kashmir valley including hill resorts of Sonamarg, Pahalgam and Khilanmarg, official sources said.
They said many areas along Srinagar-Jammu National Highway including Banihal, Batote, Qazigund have received heavy rain since last evening and traffic on the arterial road was plying as on other days.
The Met office said Banihal, Batote and Qazigund had recorded 13.6, 13.2 and 8.0 mm of rain respectively. Kokernag in south Kashmir and Kupwara in north Kashmir were the coldest places in the valley with a minimum temperature of minus 2.6 and minus 1.0 degrees Celsius, the Met department said.
Srinagar, where the minimum temperature was 2.5 degrees Celsius, recorded 3.4 mm of rainfall while Kupwara received 19.2 mm of rainfall.
Jammu, winter capital of the state, also received 1 mm of rainfall. The minimum temperature in Jammu was 14.2 degrees Celsius. Bhaderwah and Katra recorded 8.2 mm and 2.5 mm of rain till 0830 hours on Saturday morning. |
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