Night Temp Drops Below Normal At Most Places After Rains in Plains, Snowfall on Higher Reaches in J&K; MeT Predicts Mainly Dry Weather Tomorrow
Srinagar, March 31 : Night temperature dropped on Sunday while more rains lashed plains and higher reaches received snowfall including Gulmarg, officials said.
A meteorological department official here told GNS that Batote received 30.0mm of rain during the last 24 hours till 0830 hours followed by Kokernag with 26.2mm, Pahalgam 25.2mm, Qazigund 21.4mm, Srinagar 20.0mm, Banihal 19.8mm, Kupwara 17.4mm, Bhaderwah 14.2mm, Katra 14.0mm, Jammu 13.8mm while Gulmarag received 2.5cms of snowfall besides 10.8mm of rain.
Regarding night temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a minimum of 4.8ยฐC against 6.8ยฐC on the previous night and it was below normal by 1.3ยฐC for the summer capital of JK for this time of the year.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of 5.8ยฐC against 7.2ยฐC on the previous night and it was 1.1ยฐC above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
Pahalgam recorded a low of 0.8ยฐC against 1.3ยฐC on the previous night and it was 0.8ยฐC below normal for the famous resort in south Kashmir.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of 4.2ยฐC against 6.6ยฐC on the previous night and it was 0.5ยฐC below normal, the official said.
Kupwara town recorded a low of 4.1ยฐC against 5.4ยฐC on the previous night and it was 0.4ยฐC below normal there, the official said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 1.2ยฐC against minus 0.5ยฐC on the previous night and it was below normal by 0.4ยฐC for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmirโs Baramulla district.
Jammu, he said, recorded a minimum of 14.5ยฐC and it was below normal by 2.1ยฐC for the winter capital of J&K.
Banihal recorded a low of 5.4ยฐC, Batote 6.8ยฐC and Bhaderwah 7.8ยฐC, he said.
With regard to the forecast, he said, isolated to scattered light rain/TS is expected over Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
Generally dry weather is expected thereafter till April 5 except April 3 when fairly widespread rain has been forecast. (GNS)
