Minimal temperatures decreased at most locations in Kashmir because the valley continued to reel underneath intense chilly situations, resulting in the freezing of a number of water our bodies and water provide traces in lots of areas.
Absolutely frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar on Wednesday. (Waseem Andrabi/HT)
Srinagar recorded a low of -7.3 levels Celsius on Tuesday night time — down from the earlier night time’s -6.6 levels Celsius, the meteorological division mentioned on Wednesday.
It has predicted a dip of two to a few levels within the minimal temperatures in Kashmir over the subsequent two days.
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Besides in Gulmarg, the night time temperatures plummeted throughout all different climate stations within the Kashmir valley.
At present underneath the grip of ‘Chillai-Kalan’, the harshest winter interval of 40 days that began on December 21, the Kashmir valley is experiencing below-normal most in addition to minimal temperatures for this time of the season, the officers mentioned.
The autumn within the mercury has led to the freezing of water provide traces whilst a skinny layer of ice lined the floor of a number of water our bodies, together with the Dal Lake.
The town was colder than Gulmarg, a vacationer resort city recognized for snowboarding actions in north Kashmir, the place the mercury settled at a low of -6.6 levels Celsius, up from -7.4 levels Celsius the earlier night time, the division added.
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Pahalgam, the bottom camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir, registered a minimal temperature of -8.4 levels Celsius, down from the earlier night time’s -7.8 levels Celsius, it mentioned.
Qazigund, the gateway city to Kashmir, logged a minimal temperature of -6.6 levels Celsius, whereas Konibal, a hamlet within the Pampore space, was the coldest recorded place within the valley at -9.5 levels Celsius, it mentioned.
Kupwara, in north Kashmir, registered a low of -6.4 levels Celsius, whereas Kokernag, in south Kashmir, was at -5.4 levels Celsius.
There’s a chance of sunshine snowfall over the upper reaches in direction of the later afternoon on December 27 until the forenoon the subsequent day, the Met Workplace mentioned.
Whereas the climate would keep primarily dry on December 29, 30, and 31, gentle snowfall is feasible within the remoted larger reaches on New 12 months’s Eve, and lightweight snowfall may happen at remoted to scattered locations in Kashmir from January 1-4.
Through the 40 days of Chillai-Kalan, the possibilities of snowfall are most frequent and most and the temperature drops significantly.
It ends on January 30 subsequent yr, however the chilly wave continues even after that within the valley. The 40 days are adopted by a 20-day ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small chilly) and a 10-day ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (child chilly).