Severe cold conditions continue in Kashmir, minus 3.5°C in Srinagar
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Srinagar: Severe cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.5°C on Friday.
A meteorological department official here told GNS that today’s minimum temperature in Srinagar was above 1.9°C than previous night of minus 5.4°C which was the coldest for this season. However, he said, today’s temperature was 2.5°C below normal for this time of the year in Srinagar.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of minus 2.8°C against minus 3.8°C on the previous night, he said. The minimum temperature was 1.7°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, the official said.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 5.0°C against minus 5.8°C on the previous night and it was 1.2°C below normal for the famous resort in south Kashmir.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of minus 1.9°C against minus 1.6°C on the previous night and the temperature was below normal by 0.8°C for the place, the official said.
Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.2°C against minus 4.2°C on the previous night and it was 2.5°C below normal there, the official said.
Gulmarg, the official said, recorded a low of minus 3.44°C against minus 5.0°C on the previous night and the temperature was 0.8°C above normal for the world-famous skiing resort in north Kashmir.
Jammu, he said, recorded a minimum of 7.3°C against 6.7°C on the previous night, and it was below normal by 1.9°C for the winter capital of J&K. Banihal recorded 1.7°C, Batote 4.2°C and Bhaderwah 0.4°C, he said.
MeT has predicted mainly dry and cold weather in J&K till December 24.
In the next 24 hours, mainly dry weather has been forecast while on December 16 generally cloudy weather with the possibility of a brief spell of light snow over extremely higher reaches is a possibility, he said.
From December 17-24 December, the MeT has predicted “mainly dry weather.”
“Overall, dry and cold weather most likely to continue till December 24 over most places of J&K”.