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Upper reaches receive fresh snowfall

LCT Desk by LCT Desk
November 10, 2022
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Srinagar, Nov 9: Rains lashed plains while higher reaches amassed more snowfall on Wednesday. The weather department here has forecast more rains and snow till November 11.
A meteorological department official here told GNS that from 0830 hours to 0530 hours today, Srinagar received 1.7mm, Qazigund 2.2mm, Pahalgam 4.6mm, Kupwara 8.8mm, Kokernag 0.6mm, Gulmarg 17.6mm, Jammu 2.0mm, Banihal 7.8mm, Batote 7.2 and Bhaderwah 5.2mm.
“Light to moderate rain/snowfall (over higher reaches) is expected at many places from today evening to November 11th forenoon,” said the official. However, he said, there was no forecast of any major rain or snowfall during the spell.
From November 12-16, he said, the weather is expected to be “fair to partly cloudy”.
Regarding probable impacts, he said, snowfall and low temperature may lead to temporary disruption of surface transportation, mainly over Zojila, Jammu-Srinagar Highway, Leh-Manali road on November 10 and 11.
“Prior to embarking on journey, people are advised to know the status of the road from traffic police to avoid inconveniences,” he said, adding, “Travellers on major passes are advised to carry sufficient food items, warm shoes, clothes etc with them as road conditions remain uncertain during inclement weather.”
Day temperature also stayed below normal at most places, recording 9.6°C in Srinagar which was below normal by 8.3°C for the summer capital of the J&K. Gulmarg was coldest place in J&K recorded maximum of 1°C, below 9.6°C than normal while Jammu recorded a maximum of 20.1°C which is below 8.1°C for the winter capital.
However with overnight cloud cover, there was some increase in night temperature on Wednesday but stayed below freezing point in Gulmarg.
The MeT official said, Srinagar recorded a low of 5.4°C against 4.3°C on the previous night. The temperature was 3.6°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said.
Qazigund recorded a low of 5.0°C, the same as on the previous night. The temperature was 3.1°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he told GNS.
In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 2.9°C against minus 1.6°C on the previous night and it was 4.0°C above normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said.
Kokernag recorded a low of 4.1°C, the same as on the previous night and it was 1.4°C above normal for the place, he said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 2.0°C against minus 2.6°C on the previous night and it was 2.2°C below normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at 4.7°C against 2.8°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 3.4°C above normal for the north Kashmir place, he said.
Jammu recorded a low of 14.6°C against 13.8°C on the previous night. It was 0.4°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said. Banihal recorded a low of 4.2°C (below normal by 0.4°C), Batote 6.3°C (0.5°C below normal), Katra 12.6°C (below normal by 0.8°C) and Bhadarwah 5.4°C (above normal by 1.6°C).
In the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, the MeT official said Pahalgam received 0.5mm of rainfall while Gulmarg amassed 2cms of fresh snowfall.

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