Temp settles below normal across J&K

Srinagar: The hailstorm has once again wreaked havoc in multiple areas of south Kashmir, especially in Shopian district, while the plains continued to receive light rains on Monday, further bringing down the mercury.
Reports said that the maximum temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir settled below normal on Monday. In Srinagar, the summer capital, the mercury recorded 23.5 degrees Celsius, which is 3.2 degrees Celsius below normal.
Gulmarg, a famous ski resort, recorded 6.5 degrees Celsius below normal temperatures while Pahalgam recorded 4.0 degrees Celsius below normal temperature today. Qazigund, a gateway of Kashmir, recorded 4.6 degrees Celsius below normal while Kupwara and Kokernag saw 4.5 and 4.4 degrees Celsius below normal temperature respectively, the data prepared by the Meteorological department (MeT) said.
The Jammu division also recorded below normal temperatures on Monday with the lowest recorded in Bhaderwah at 21.0 degrees Celsius, which was 7.8 degrees Celsius below normal. Jammu saw 2.1 degrees Celsius below normal while Katra, Banihal and Batote recorded 2.9 degrees Celsius, 3.4 degrees Celsius and 2.6 degrees Celsius below normal temperatures respectively.
Amidst the dip in mercury, the hailstorm continued to wreak havoc in multiple areas of south Kashmir, causing extensive losses to the farmers.
Besides, the light rains lashed the plains of Kashmir this afternoon, bringing down the mercury further.
As per the Director MeT, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad, a spell of light to moderate rain and thundershower is expected at many places till Tuesday.
“Generally dry weather is expected from June 03 to 08,” he said, adding that a brief spell of rain and showers towards late afternoon at isolated places can’t be ruled out.
Ahmad said the weather would remain generally dry from June 09 to 10.
Moreover, the MeT in its advisory said that intense showers at a few places may generate localised flash floods