Rains continue to lash J&K Valley

Meanwhile, the MeT department has said wet weather spell would continue till early next week.

 

The mercury in Pahalgam hill resort in south, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, settled at a low of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius - a decrease of over three degrees from 1.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the spokesperson said.

 

 

He said the city recorded a low of 4 degrees Celsius, down from 5.4 degrees Celsius the previous night. Qazigund on Srinagar-Jammu national highway also received 12.2 mm of rains till 8:30 AM and recorded a low of 3.2 degrees Celsius, the spokesman said. He said Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, registered the minimum temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius and received 8.7 mm of rains.

 

The mercury in Kupwara, in north Kashmir, settled at a low of 1.1 degrees Celsius, the spokesman said, adding the town received 22 mm of rainfall during the night. Leh, the frontier town in Ladakh region, recorded a low of minus 3.1 degrees Celsius compared to minus 4.4 degrees Celsius the previous night, the spokesman said.

 

The nearby Kargil town registered the minimum temperature of minus 8.6  degrees Celsius as against minus 7.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, he said. Kargil continues to be the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir, he added.

 

The Met department also added that a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the state from Sunday and spells of light to moderate rains or snowfall would occur at most places over the state till February 24.