Srinagar: As the upper reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall and rains lashed plains, several far-flung areas of the Himalayan region of Kashmir were cut off due to heavy snowfall on Monday including Machil, Keran, Karnah in north Kashmir’s Kupwara and Razdan pass of Bandipora’s Gurez. Also the shooting stones, mudslides triggered by rainfall closed Jammu Srinagar highway and the schools were also closed in J&K’s Doda district.
As per reports, Gulmarg got 14cms of fresh snowfall, Machil, Keran, Karnah areas in Kupwara received around 1-ft.
“Same weather is likely to prevail most part of the day today,” a meteorological department official said.
On November 15-18th, he said, the weather is likely to be “partly cloudy.”
He said from 18th November night -19th, light to moderate rain and snow was expected in J&K.
However, he said, there is “no forecast of any major snow spell till November 20th.”
Meanwhile, he said, Srinagar received 5.9mm of rainfall in last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Qazigund 2.8mm, Pahalgam 12.2mm, Kupwara 14.4mm, Kokernag 1.0mm, Gulmarg 16.8mm (mainly snowfall), Jammu 11.3mm, Banihal 18.2mm, Batote 23.2mm, Katra 13.0mm, and Bhaderwah 7.2mm.
Regarding the temperature, the MeT official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 3.4°C against 0.8°C on the previous night. The temperature was 2.2°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said.
Qazigund recorded a low of 4.5°C against minus 0.2°C on the previous night. The temperature was 3.2°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 0.6°C against minus 3.8°C on the previous night and it was 1.8°C above normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said.
Kokernag recorded a low of 4.0°C against 0.9°C on the previous night and it was 0.6°C above normal for the place, he said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 2.4°C against minus 3.6°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 2.1°C below normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the official said.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at 1.1°C against minus 1.4°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 0.6°C above normal for the north Kashmir place, he said.
Jammu recorded a low of 12.4°C against 10.6°C on the previous night. It was 1.0°C below normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said. Banihal recorded a low of 3.6°C (0.5°C below normal), Batote 3.0°C (3.2°C below normal), Katra 10.6°C (below normal by 0.8°C) and Bhadarwah 4.6°C (above normal by 1.4°C).
In Kargil region, he said, the mercury settled at minus 3.0°C, Leh witnessed a low of minus 4.1°C and Drass, the world’s second coldest place after Siberia, recorded minimum of minus 3.5°C.
(GNS)
