Spring starts showing its presence in Kashmir valley amid dry weather

By: Javaid Malik MK

Srinagar

Spring season has started showing its signs of coming as the dry weather conditions are prevailing which have resulted in sprouting of flowers and greenery in the parks and gardens.

The government of Jammu and Kashmir has already started the celebrations for the spring season in Jammu and Kashmir and the biggest carnival would be the opening of Tulip Garden on the banks of Dal Lake which is Asia’s biggest Tulip Garden.

Similarly the almond trees will sprout with the flowers and it has a special significance for the Srinagar city as the government will open Badamveir or Almond Garden which is also known as Baghi Waris Khan. It is situated at Hari Parbat Fort and overlooks Srinagar city.

Meanwhile GNS in its weather report on Wednesday has said as follows.

With cloudy and mainly dry weather in store till the weekend, night temperature recorded a slight drop at some places and increase at others stations in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

A meteorological department told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded a low of 5.2°C against last night’s 5.4°C.

Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of 4.2°C against 5.5°C on the previous night, he said.

Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of 3.4°C against 2.6°C on the previous night, the official said.

Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 0.1°C against minus 2.2°C last night, he said.

Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 3.5°C against minus 4.5°C on the previous night, he said.

The temperature was 0.5°C above normal for this time of the year in the famous resort, he said.

Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of 4.4°C against 3.4°C on the previous night, the official said.

Jammu recorded a low of 13.0°C against 12.7°C on the previous night, the official said. The temperature was 1.0°C below 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 had a minimum of 7.7°C while Bhaderwah recorded a low of 5.3°C, the official said.

Ladakh’s Leh recorded a minimum of minus 3.1°C against last night minus 2.4°C on the previous night while automatic Kargil station recorded a low of minus 8.0°C. In next 24 hours, the weatherman said mainly dry weather was expected over Jammu and Kashmir.

“Weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with chances of occasional light rain/snow (over higher reaches) till March 13.” However, he said, there’s no forecast of any “significant weather” till March 13.

With GNS inputs