Weather department here on Tuesday forecast isolated light rain and thunders over Jammu Kashmir during next 24 hours.
For subsequent two days, a meteorological department official here told GNS that there is possibility of “scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rain or snow” in J&K.
However, the weatherman reiterated that “there’s no forecast of any major snowfall for the next one week to 10 days in JK and Ladakh.”
Regarding minimum temperature, the MeT official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 7.0°C against 7.4°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.9°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said.
Qazigund recorded a low of 6.0°C against 5.0°C on the previous four consecutive nights. The temperature was 1.6°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 4.5°C against 2.6°C on the previous night and it was 3.0°C above normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said.
Kokernag recorded a low of 6.1°C against 7.0°C on the previous night and it was 0.2°C above normal for the place, he said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of 2.2°C against 4.0°C on the previous night and it was 0.7°C below normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at 5.6°C against 4.7°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 1.1°C above normal for the north Kashmir place, he said.
Jammu recorded a low of 18.2°C against 18.0°C on the previous night. It was 0.9°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said. Banihal recorded a low of8.4°C, Batote 10.2°C, Katra 16.3°C and Bhadarwah 8.1°C. (GNS)