Incessant rains drench plains in J&K, 1.3-ft fresh snowfall in Gulmarg
Srinagar, Mar 2 : Incessant spell of rains drenched plains while higher reaches including Gulmarg recorded fresh snowfall, officials said on Saturday.
A meteorological department official here told GNS that in 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Srinagar received 20.5mm of rain, Qazigund 45.4mm, Pahalgam 27.5mm (0.8cms), Kupwara 16.6mm (2 cms of snowfall), Kokernag 30.4mm, Jammu 6.7mm, Banihal 74.4.2mm, Batote 41.9mm, Katra 9.0mm and Bhaderwah 55.4.0mm while Gulmarg received 38.1 cms (around 1.3-ft) of snowfall.
He said Srinagar recorded a minimum of 2.0ยฐC against previous nightโs 4.5ยฐC. It was below normal by 0.2ยฐC for the summer capital of J&K for this time of the year, the MeT official said.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of 1.8ยฐC against 2.4ยฐC on the previous night and it was 0.9ยฐC above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
Pahalgam recorded a low of 0.5ยฐC against 1.3ยฐC on the previous night and it was 2.8ยฐC above normal for the famous resort in south Kashmir.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of 1.6ยฐC against 2.3ยฐC on the previous night and it was 0.7ยฐC above normal, the official said.
Kupwara town recorded a low of minus 0.3ยฐC against 2.3ยฐC on the previous night and it was 0.3ยฐC below normal there, the official said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 2.0ยฐC and minus 3.6ยฐC on the previous night. The temperature was above normal by 3.0ยฐC for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir.
Jammu, he said, recorded a minimum of 13.4ยฐC and it was above normal by 1.1ยฐC for the winter capital of J&K.
Banihal recorded a low of 4.2ยฐC, Batote 4.8ยฐC and Bhaderwah 4.4ยฐC, he said.
MeT has also issued an advisory cautioning about the disruption of surface and air transport in the valley.
It said widespread moderate to heavy rain/snow is expected in Jammu and Kashmir till the afternoon of March 3 with its peak activity today.
โThe above system is most likely to cause heavy to very heavy rain/snow over Pirpanjal Range of Jammu division and middle & higher reaches of Kashmir Division (Anantnag-Pahalgam, Kulgam, Sinthan Pass, Shupiyan-Pir Ki Gali, Sonamarg-Zojila, Bandipora-Razdan Pass, Gulmarg and Kupwara-Sachna Pass),โ read the advisory.
The weather activity may lead to disruption of surface and air transport including Jammu-Srinagar highway and other major roads of middle and higher reaches of J&K.
It urged the people in snow bound areas to avoid venturing into sloppy and Avalanche prone areas.
โChances of landslides, mudslides & shooting stones most likely over the vulnerable areas,โ it said, adding, โFarmers are advised to withhold all farm operations during 1st week of March.โ (GNS)
