Owais Gul
Srinagar, Dec 6: The cold wave has tightened its grip across Kashmir with majority of the areas recording the season’s coldest night including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
As per the details available, Srinagar has recorded the season’s lowest temperature at minus 4.1 degree Celsius, marking the coldest night here while Shopian in South Kashmir, was the coldest place at minus 6.6 degree Celsius.
The Meteorological department has shared the details of minimum temperature, revealing that Srinagar has recorded a low of minus 4.1 degree Celsius against previous night’s minus 2.1 degree Celsius.
Furthermore, Shopian was the coldest place in Kashmir where the mercury settled at minus 6.6 degree Celsius. Pahalgam, a famous tourist destination, recorded a low of minus 6.5 degree Celsius while Gulmarg, a famous ski-resort, recorded a low of minus 4.3 degree Celsius.
Also, Qazigund, a gateway of Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 4.4 degree Celsius while Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded minus 3.4 degree Celsius. Kokernag in South Kashmir recorded a low of minus 2.4 degree Celsius.
Furthermore, the weatherman here has predicted further dip in the night temperature, saying that there is no forecast of any major wet spell weather and the minimum temperature would likely go down as well.
Director Meteorological department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad said that the weather would remain generally dry till tomorrow, adding that generally cloudy weather with possibility of light rain over few plains & hilly areas of Jammu division & light rain and snow (higher reaches) over few places of Kashmir division during late evening of 8th to 9th forenoon.
He said that a few places of Jammu division may experience thunder with gusty winds during the 8th evening and night.
However, he said that from December 10 to 14, the weather would remain generally dry, adding that on December 15 & 16, light rain and snow is expected over isolated places.
Moreover, in its advisory, the MeT has advised the tourists, travelers and transporters to follow administration and traffic advisory.
