Mercury Drops As Rains Drench Kashmir, MeT Forecast More
Srinagar, March 29: Rains drenched most parts of Jammu and Kashmir with Srinagar receiving highest rainfall in the last 24 hours even as temperature recorded a drop on Friday.
A meteorological department official here told GNS Srinagar received 25.2mm of rain during the time till 0830 hours followed by Banihal (20.4mm), Pahalgam (17.8mm), Gulmarg (17.6mm), Qazigund (13.0mm), Kokernag (11.0mm), Kupwara (8.9mm), Bhaderwah (8.6mm), Batote (4.8mm), Katra (3.6mm) and Jammu (1.7mm).
Regarding night temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a minimum of 8.2ยฐC against 9.8ยฐC on the previous night and it was above normal by 2.1ยฐC for the summer capital of JK for this time of the year.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of 8.4ยฐC against 9.8ยฐC on the previous night and it was 3.7ยฐC above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
Pahalgam recorded a low of 5.0ยฐC, same as on the previous night and it was 3.4ยฐC above normal for the famous resort in south Kashmir.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of 7.7ยฐC against 9.1ยฐC on the previous night and it was 3.0ยฐC above normal, the official said.
Kupwara town recorded a low of 7.3ยฐC against 9.5ยฐC on the previous night and it was 2.8ยฐC above normal there, the official said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of 0.4ยฐC against 3.0ยฐC on the previous night and it was above normal by 1.2ยฐC for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmirโs Baramulla district.
Jammu, he said, recorded a minimum of 19.6ยฐC and it was above normal by 3.0ยฐC for the winter capital of J&K.
Banihal recorded a low of 10.4ยฐC, Batote 10.1ยฐC and Bhaderwah 9.6ยฐC, he said.
With regard to the forecast, he said, fairly widespread light to moderate
rain/snow/TS is expected over Jammu and Kashmir during next 24 hours.
On March 31, he said, partly to generally cloudy weather with intermittent light rain/snow is expected at a few places. Generally dry weather has been forecast thereafter till April 5. (GNS)
