Gulmarg gets another snow spell while as many areas receive rains

By: Javaid Malik MK

Srinagar

Reports from the ski resort of Gulmarg said that it has received another spell of snow on Thursday while as many parts in Jammu and Kashmir including Srinagar has received rains.

Already there was a prediction of cloudy skies with isolated spells of snow and rains in J&K by the weather department.

Due to the cloudy weather conditions the night temperatures have increased and the overall atmosphere in this first week of March is like the previous spring seasons.

According to GNS in its weather report on Thursday it has said as follows.

A meteorological department official said  that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, had traces of rainfall overnight while the summer capital of J&K recorded a low of 4.6°C against last night’s 4.8°C.

Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, had 0.4mm of rain and recorded a low of 0.9°C against 2.0°C on the previous night, he said.

Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of 0.9°C against 1.4°C on the previous night, the official said.

Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of 0.5°C against minus 0.8°C last night, he said.

Gulmarg received 7 cm of fresh snowfall and recorded a low of minus 4.4°C against minus 5.4°C on the previous night, he said.

The temperature was 0.1°C below normal for this time of the year in the famous resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said.

Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of 4.6°C against 3.5°C on the previous night, the official said.

Jammu recorded a low of 14.0°C against 11.1°C on the previous night, the official said. The temperature was 1.7°C above normal for the J&K’s winter capital during this time of the year, he said.

Banihal recorded a low of 4.6°C, Batote with 0.8mm of rainfall had a minimum of 4.9°C while Bhaderwah recorded a low of 4.6°C, the official said.

Ladakh’s Leh recorded a minimum of minus 4.6°C against last night minus 6.4°C on the previous night while automatic Kargil station at recorded a low of minus 9.0°C. Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia, recorded a low of minus 11.7°C against 17.8°C on the previous night, officials said.

There is a forecast for “isolated to scattered light rain/snow/TS”. The official however said there’s no forecast of any “significant weather” till March 5.

With GNS inputs