Night temperature dips across Kashmir following rain and snow
12/12/2018
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: Night temperatures dropped across all weather stations in Kashmir but stayed above the freezing point at most places even though the valley witnessed snow and rains on Monday, Met officials said here.
Srinagar city the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a low of 1.6 degrees Celsius Monday night, dropping 0.8 degrees compared to the night before, the officials said Tuesday.
They said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley recorded a low of 1.6 degrees Celsius, while nearby Kokernag town recorded a low of 0 degrees Celsius.
Kupwara in north Kashmir saw the mercury settling at 0.2 degrees Celsius, the officials said.
They said that the Pahalgam health resort, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir, registered a low of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius, a drop of 1.7 degrees compared to previous night.
Gulmarg, the famous skiing resort in north Kashmir, saw the mercury dipping due to clear skies following the snowfall on Monday and recorded a minimum of minus 7.6 degrees Celsius compared to the minus 6.0 degrees Celsius a night before.
Gulmarg recorded the lowest temperature in the valley on Monday.
Leh town in Ladakh region recorded a minimum temperature of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, the officials said.
They said the mercury in the nearby Kargil town settled at a low of minus 7.3 degrees Celsius.
However, traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway resumed on Tuesday after day-long closure due to inclement weather, while the Mughal road and Srinagar-Leh highway remained closed for the second day owing to heavy snowfall in the high altitude areas of the state, officials said.
The Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only all weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was cleared for traffic Tuesday morning, after being in precautionary suspension since Monday due to bad weather, they said.
Minor landslides occurred at a few places, including Hingli-Ramsu and Sherbeebi along Ramban-Banihal stretch, during the night but were cleared by the agencies concerned, they said.
The snow clearance operation was also carried out on both sides of the Jawahar Tunnel, which got over six inches of snowfall, the officials said.
Over two feet of snow had accumulated on the ground in Peer Ki Gali area along the Mughal road, while heavy snowfall was also reported in Zojila pass along the Srinagar-Leh highway, they added.
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