| Rain, snow continue in Kashmir | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 12: Kashmir plains continued to experience intermittent rains while some upper reaches, including the ski resort of Gulmarg, received another spell of fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours.
The Meteorological Centre Srinagar said the wet weather is likely to affect Jammu and Kashmir till the weekend.
Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley were lashed by intermittent rains, leading to a drop in the temperature and disrupting the normal activities.
Some higher reaches in Kashmir Valley, including the ski resort of Gulmarg, received light snowfall during the past 24 hours. In the Union Territory of Ladakh, Leh, Kargil, Drass, and Tangste also received light snowfall during the period, resulting in a significant drop in the temperature, officials said.
Giving parameters of rainfall, the MeT office said that the highest precipitation was recorded at Kupwara, 11.2 mm of rainfall, followed by Pahalgam, 7.4 mm; Kokernag; Gulmarg, 5.0 mm; and Srinagar, 4.8 mm during the past 24 hours.
The Met Office forecast of light to moderate rain and snow at many places during the next 36 hours, while there is a possibility of intermittent light to moderate rain/snow at many places during March 15 and 16.
The weather is likely to remain dry from March 17 to 21, the MeT office said.
The MeT office has also issued an advisory for travellers, tourists, and transporters to follow the admin/traffic advisory before planning their trip during the period.
The farmers have also been advised to suspend farm operations till March 18; besides, people living on the higher reaches have been asked to avoid sloppy and avalanche-prone areas during the period.
Meanwhile, the night temperature dropped but recorded 2 to 5°C above the average at many weather stations in Kashmir. The day recorded on Monday also slipped down by several degrees below normal in most weather stations of the Kashmir valley.
The maximum temperature recorded in Srinagar was 2.8°C below the normal of 14.7°C on Tuesday.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar improved and settled at 7.4°C during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. This was 3.7°C above the average for the place during this period of the season.
The ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir remained the coldest place with a low of -1.2°C, and this was still 2.1°C above the average for the place during this period of the season, while at Pahalgam it improved by a notch to 2.7°C and Kokernag to 5.2°C, the MeT office said. |
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