Srinagar and different places successful Kashmir experienced the coldest nighttime of the play truthful acold arsenic astir parts of the vale reeled nether sub-zero nighttime temperature. (PTI Photo)
The nighttime somesthesia saw a emergence crossed Kashmir owing to overcast conditions arsenic the Meteorological Department said feeble Western disturbances would interaction the national territory from Friday and apt bring rains successful the plains and airy snowfall successful the higher reaches of the valley.
The nighttime temperatures improved crossed the Kashmir valley, but the minimum settled beneath the freezing constituent astatine astir places, the officials said.
Srinagar recorded a debased of minus 1 degrees Celsius, up from the erstwhile night’s minus 2.1 degrees Celsius, they said.
Qazigund, the gateway municipality to the vale successful southbound Kashmir, recorded a debased of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius.
The minimum successful Pahalgam tourer resort, which besides serves arsenic 1 of the basal camps for the yearly Amarnath yatra, settled astatine minus 3.4 degrees Celsius — the coldest upwind presumption successful the valley.
Gulmarg registered a debased of zero degrees Celsius, portion Kupwara minus 0.4 degrees Celsius.
Kokernag successful southbound Kashmir was the lone upwind presumption successful the vale wherever the minimum settled supra the freezing constituent astatine 0.6 degrees Celsius, the officials said.
The Met section said determination are chances of back-to-back occidental disturbances impacting Jammu and Kashmir from Friday evening.
There is simply a anticipation of airy rainfall oregon snowfall astatine isolated places particularly successful the higher reaches of the vale from Friday evening till Saturday morning.
On December 1, the upwind would beryllium partially cloudy with airy rain/light snowfall astatine isolated places successful the higher reaches.
From December 2, determination are chances of airy rainfall oregon snowfall astatine scattered places successful the higher reaches implicit 2 days.
The upwind is apt to enactment mostly adust from December 4-7, aft which airy rainfall oregon airy snowfall is imaginable astatine isolated places successful the higher reaches implicit 2 days from December 8, the upwind bureau said.