Srinagar, Mar 1: Amid forecast for moderate to heavy rain and snowfall, night temperature recorded a rise and barring Gulmarg, the mercury settled above sub-zero at all meteorological stations in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 4.5\u00b0C against previous night\u2019s 2.1\u00b0C. It was below normal by 3.0\u00b0C for the summer capital of J&K for this time of the year, the MeT official said.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of 2.4\u00b0C against minus 1.0\u00b0C on the previous night and it was 2.0\u00b0C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
Pahalgam recorded a low of 1.3\u00b0C against minus 4.4\u00b0C on the previous night and it was 2.0\u00b0C above normal for the famous resort in south Kashmir.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of 2.3\u00b0C against minus 0.4\u00b0C on the previous night and the temperature was above normal by minus 0.4\u00b0C for the place, the official said.
Kupwara town recorded a low of minus 2.3\u00b0C against 1.7\u00b0C on the previous night and it was 1.3\u00b0C below normal there, the official said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 3.6\u00b0C and minus 5.6\u00b0C on the previous night. The temperature was above normal by 2.6\u00b0C for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir.
Jammu, he said, recorded a minimum of 14.3\u00b0C and it was above normal by 2.7\u00b0C for the winter capital of J&K.
Banihal recorded a low of 6.6\u00b0C, Batote 8.4\u00b0C and Bhaderwah 6.8\u00b0C, he said.
MeT has also issued an advisory cautioning about the disruption of surface and air transport in the valley.
It said widespread moderate to heavy rain\/snow is expected in Jammu and Kashmir till the afternoon of March 3 with its peak activity on March 2.
\u201cThe above system is most likely to cause heavy to very heavy rain\/snow over Pirpanjal Range of Jammu division and middle & higher reaches of Kashmir Division (Anantnag-Pahalgam, Kulgam, Sinthan Pass, Shupiyan-Pir Ki Gali, Sonamarg-Zojila, Bandipora-Razdan Pass, Gulmarg and Kupwara-Sachna Pass),\u201d read the advisory.
The weather activity may lead to disruption of surface and air transport including Jammu-Srinagar highway and other major roads of middle and higher reaches of J&K.
It urged the people in snow bound areas to avoid venturing into sloppy and Avalanche prone areas.
\u201cChances of landslides, mudslides & shooting stones most likely over the vulnerable areas,\u201d it said, adding, \u201cFarmers are advised to withhold all farm operations during 1st week of March.\u201d
While \u2018Chillai-Kalan\u2019, the 40-day harsh period of winter ended on January 29 and 20-day-long winter period called \u2018Chillai-Khurd\u2019 ended on February 19, Kashmir is the middle 10-day-long period \u2018Chillai-Bachha\u2019 (baby cold) which culminates on March 1. (Agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar, Mar 1: Amid forecast for moderate to heavy rain and snowfall, night temperature recorded a rise and barring Gulmarg, the mercury settled above sub-zero at all meteorological stations in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 4.5\u00b0C against previous night\u2019s 2.1\u00b0C. It was below normal by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-srinagar"},"yoast_head":"\n