Light rains expected in scattered areas of higher reaches in J&K

By: Musaib Iqbal MK

Srinagar

While the dry weather conditions are prevailing and day temperatures are higher than normal, there is a predication that there can be rains in higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir.

Night temperatures are showing dip except at the ski resort of Gulmarg according to the MeT department officials who have predicted by and large dry weather conditions in most of the areas in Jammu and Kashmir.

A meteorological department official told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K recorded a low of 7.7°C against 9.4 °C on the last. The temperature was 1.6°C above normal for Srinagar during this time of the year.

Qazigund recorded a low of 5.2°C against 5.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was below normal by 1.1°C for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.

Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a low of 8.3°C against 9.6°C the previous night. It was 3.6°C more than normal during this time of the season, the official said.

Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of 3.3°C against 6.2°C last night. The temperature was 1.7°C above normal for the place, he said.

Gulmarg recorded a low of 5.2°C against 4.6°C on the previous night, the official said. While minus 0.8°C is normal for the world famous skiing resort during this time of the season, the official said that the temperature was 6.0°C above normal for the place in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said.

Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of 6.1°C against 11.0°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.6°C above normal, the official told Global News Service.

Jammu recorded a low of 18.5°C against 19.7°C on the previous night, the official said. The temperature was 1.9°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said.

Banihal recorded a low of 7.2°C, Batote had a minimum of 12.7°C while Bhaderwah recorded a low of 9.9°C, the official said.

Ladakh’s Leh recorded a minimum of 2.4°C against 2.0°C previous night while the automatic station at Kargil recorded a minimum of minus 0.2°C.

He said no significant weather was expected during next one week except cloudiness to chances of light rain/snow over “extreme higher reaches” of North Western and Northern parts of J&K during night of March 30.

With GNS inputs