Owais Gul
Srinagar, Jul 21: Jammu and Kashmir has received fresh rainfall on Monday with the weatherman here predicting more rains till July 23 across the region.
A three-day wet spell was predicted from July 21 to 23 as the Meteorological department (MeT) here had issued yellow and orange alerts for the region.
The temperature settled above normal today with Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recording a maximum temperature of 34.9 degrees.
As per the data, the mercury in Qazigund, a gateway of Kashmir, recorded a maximum temperature of 29.0 degrees while Pahalgam recorded 28.0 degrees.
In Kupwara, the mercury settled at 35.3 degrees followed by 30.8 degrees in Kokernag while Gulmarg, a famous ski-resort, recorded a maximum temperature of 23.5 degrees.
Jammu division, however, recorded the below normal temperature today with several areas recording the heavy rainfall.
As per the data, Katra has recorded the highest precipitation in the last 24 hours. 184.2mm rainfall was recorded at Katra station today while Jammu recorded 31.6 mm since this morning.
Several areas across Kashmir also received fresh rainfall this evening with the Director MeT, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad predicting intermittent spells of light to moderate rain and thundershower till July 23 at many places with intense showers at few places and heavy rain at isolated places of J&K.
From July 24 to 27, he said that there is a possibility of brief showers at scattered places.
Moreover, the MeT has issued an advisory, stating that there is a possibility of intense showers with gusty winds at few places with heavy rain at isolated to scattered places of J&K during 21-23rd July.
“Flash floods at few vulnerable places with landslides, mudslides & shooting stones,” it reads, adding that rise in water level in rivers, streams, local Nallas & water logging in few Low lying areas is also expected.
