| Frosty morning in Kashmir, bright sunshine in Jammu | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar/Jammu, Jan 8: Normal life was affected in the Valley Monday as cold wave tightened its grip, coating many roads in Kashmir and Ladakh region with a thick layer of glistening frost, but the sun shone bright in Jammu.
Pahalgam was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 12.5 degrees Celsius on Sunday night.
The minimum temperature plummeted across the Valley on Sunday night, resulting in frozen water bodies and water supply lines at many places, MeT Department officials said.
Owing to a clear night sky and a drop in the minimum temperature, a thick layer of frost had developed on many roads across the Valley because of Friday's snowfall, resulting in inconvenience to the residents due of slippery roads, the officials said.
In Srinagar, the minimum temperature settled at minus 4 degrees Celsius on Sunday night followed by 5.3 degrees Celsius in Qazigund.
The nearby Kokernag registered a low of minus 4.7 degrees Celsius on Sunday night, Kupwara town in north Kashmir settled at minus 5.9 degrees Celsius, ski-resort of Gulmarg recorded minus 11 degrees Celsius while Leh and Kargil region settled at minus 1.5 degrees Celsius and minus 4 degrees celsius respectively.
In Jammu, it was a sunny morning on Monday which provided relief from the biting cold weather conditions that prevailed on Sunday night.
The night temperature on Sunday was 5.6 degrees Celsius - a drop of nearly 3 degrees Celsius from Saturday, an official of the Meteorological (MeT) department. |
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