Srinagar records the coldest night of season

The temperature has dropped down below minus 3 degrees Celsius, the lowest ever recorded in the season in Srinagar. Meteorological Department officials have forecast that a spell of rain and snow between November 23 and November 25.

Srinagar: Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season as the minimum temperature dropped several degrees below the freezing point across Kashmir on Sunday, even as the Meteorological Department has forecast a spell of wet weather in the Valley from Monday.

Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3 degrees Celsius Saturday night which is the lowest so far this season, a Meteorological Department official said, adding the minimum temperature recorded below zero degrees Celsius across the Kashmir valley.

The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district was the place with the coldest temperature ever recorded in the valley at minus 7.4 degrees Celsius, while the temperature was at a low of minus 5.6 degrees Celsius in Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, he said.

The official said a spell of rain and snow, especially over the higher reaches, with light to moderate intensity is most likely to occur between November 23 to November 25. Snowfall over the higher reaches of north-west Jammu and Kashmir and Sonmarg-Zojila area is likely to commence from November 23 morning and is likely to affect both Union Territories till November 25, he said.

The official, however, said there is no forecast of any widespread heavy snowfall or rain.

PTI

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