Srinagar: Amid cloud cover and a forecast of snowfall over higher reaches, night temperatures in the Kashmir Valley saw a slight rise on Sunday but remained several degrees below freezing, officials reported.
The Meteorological Centre in Srinagar has predicted predominantly cloudy weather, with the possibility of light snowfall over a few higher-altitude areas in north Kashmir over the next 24 hours.
The weather is likely to remain cold and dry till December 26.
Another feeble Western disturbance (WD) is likely to hit during December 27 and 28 that can bring light rain over the plains of Jammu and light snow over higher reaches of the Chenab Valley and Pir Panjal Range during the period.
The weather will remain dry till December 30, with a chance of another spell of snowfall at a few higher reaches over the Kashmir Valley on New Year’s Eve.
There is no let-up in bone-chilling in the Kashmir Valley; even the minimum temperature witnessed a marginal fall during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
After experiencing the coldest night at minus 8.5°C on Saturday since 1974, Srinagar recorded a low at minus 4.6°C on Sunday. This was 2.2°C below the average during this period of the season for the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
The night temperature at the tourist spot of Pahalgam significantly dropped and was recorded at 4.9°C against the minus 8.6°C recorded a day ago. This was 0.3°C above normal for the area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district during the period.
Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, also dipped to a low of minus 5.2°C on Sunday against the minus 8.2°C on the previous night, and this was 2.8°C below normal for the place also in south Kashmir during this period of the season.
The night temperature at the picnic spot of Kokernag plummeted to minus 3.7°C against the minus 5.8°C a day ago, and this was 1.5°C below average for the place in south Kashmir.
Gulmarg recorded at minus 4.6°C against the -6.2°C on Saturday, and it was 1.4°C above normal for the famous ski resort of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on this day.
The frontier Kashmir’s Kupwara district slipped to a low of minus 4.2°C on Sunday against the minus 7.2°C recorded the previous night, and this was 1.2°C below normal for the border town during this period of season, the MeT office.
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