Srinagar- Weatherman on Saturday forecast possibility of light snow over isolated higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir due to feeble Western Disturbances (WDs) approaching on January 16 and 20 but said that dry weather is likely to continue till January 23.
“Dry weather is likely to continue till January 23 with feeble WDs approaching on 16th and 20th evening,” a MeT official said.
Under the influence of these WDs, he said, generally cloudy weather with light snow over isolated higher reaches is expected.
From January 21-23, he said, generally dry weather is expected.
He said “redevelopment of fog with cold day conditions from tomorrow onwards till 16th January over plains of Jammu Division,” he said.
Meanwhile, a feeble western disturbance hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night due to which light snowfall occurred in the Gurez area in north Kashmir, the official said.
Drass in Ladakh also received very light snowfall but there was no accumulation of snow, he said.
Jammu and Kashmir recorded a 79 per cent rain deficit in December. There was no precipitation in the first week of January as well.
Several parts of the Valley saw a rise in minimum temperatures due to cloudy skies. Night temperatures settled several degrees above the normal for this time of the season.
Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of 0.2 degrees Celsius on Friday night, up from the previous night’s minus 4 degrees Celsius.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 2 degrees. The ski resort of Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 1 degree Celsius — up from minus 3.2 degrees Celsius on Thursday night.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 0.6 degrees Celsius — up from minus 5.3 degrees Celsius the previous night.
The minimum temperature in Kokernag town settled at minus 1.2 degrees Celsius, while it was minus 0.3 degrees Celsius in Kupwara.
Kashmir is currently under the grip of ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’, a 40-day harsh winter period during which a cold wave sweeps the region and temperatures drop considerably leading to the freezing of water bodies as well as water in pipes.
The chances of snowfall are the highest during this period and most areas, particularly the higher reaches, receive heavy snowfall.
‘Chilla-i-Kalan’ will end on January 31.
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