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| After snowfall Kashmir witnesses suny morning | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 13: Intermittent light snowfall continued in most parts of Kashmir on Saturday night, but clouds made way for the sun on Sunday morning even as the MeT office forecast mainly dry weather for the week ahead.
A MeT official said that wet spell brought some relief to Srinagar, which recorded minimum temperature of minus 0.4 degree Celsius.
Famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded minus 9.0 degree Celsius. The Pahalgam hill station in South Kashmir that serves the base camp of Amarnath Yatra recorded minimum temperature of minus 2.8 degree Celsius.
Qazigund, the gateway town to the Kashmir valley, recorded minus 0.9 degrees Celsius.
Jammu recorded 7 degrees Celsius followed by Udhampur that recorded minimum 4.4 degrees Celsius.
Fresh snowfall brought relief to the residents of Ladakh as well. Leh recorded minimum temperature of minus 6.5 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 5.4 notches above than previous night that was recorded minus 11.9 degrees Celsius.
The 434-km long Srinagar-Leh highway and 86-km long Mughal road that connects south Kashmir's districts with the Poonch and Rajouri district's of Jammu region remained closed due to accumulation of snow on surface at several places.
Kashmir is currently under the grip of 'Chillai-Kalan' the 40-day harshest period of winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum and the temperature drops considerably.
'Chillai-Kalan' ends on January 31, but the cold wave continues even after that in Kashmir. The 40-day period is followed by a 20-day long 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold) and a 10-day long 'Chillai-Bachha' (baby cold). |
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