No major weather activity expected, barring Gulmarg night temp settles above freezing point in Kashmir
Owais Gul
Srinagar, Nov 27 :
Three feeble back-to-back Western Disturbances (WDs) are affecting Jammu and Kashmir for the period of over one week, while the light snowfall in higher reaches and rains are expected in the plains November 29 evening to December 3 and in between December 7 and 8.
As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Meteorological department (MeT), has stated that the weather conditions are expected to remain generally dry for the next two days while there is a possibility of light wet spell from November 29 evening.
Director MeT, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad told KNO that there is a possibility that the weather would remain cloudy while light snowfall is expected in Bandipora and Kupwara higher reaches from November 29 late evening.
“These higher reaches may also receive light snowfall on December 01 while the rains would lash plains in between December 2 and 3,” he said, adding that all the WDs affecting J&K are feeble.
As per the details, the weather would remain generally dry from December 4-6 while another light wet spell is expected between December 7 and 8 during which light rains and light snowfall in the higher reaches at isolated places are expected.
However, he said that no major activity is expected during the period.
Meanwhile, the MeT has also issued an advisory, advising the tourists, travellers, transporters to follow administration and traffic advisory.
Moreover, the night temperatures barring Gulmarg, a famous ski-resort, settled above freezing point.
In Gulmarg, the mercury settled at minus 1.3 degree Celsius while in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir and Pahalgam, a famous tourist destination, it settled at 0.9 degree.
Qazigund, a gateway of Kashmir, recorded 1.1 degree Celsius while Kupwara recorded 1.8 degree Celsius. Kokernag has recorded a minimum temperature of 2.1 degree Celsius.KNO