Srinagar- After drenching Jammu and Kashmir in the past two days, rains relented on Saturday but light rain occurred at scattered places, weather department here said. Also, night temperature saw a drop and most places recorded below normal.
Dr Mukhtar Ahmad, Director Meteorological department (MeT) said the weather in Kashmir is expected to remain generally dry from tomorrow till April 25, but added that the possibility of afternoon thundershower activity at isolated places can’t be ruled out.
Furthermore, according to the forecast, the weather would remain generally cloudy while light rain with thunder is expected at many places from April 26-27.
Moreover, the MeT department in its advisory had asked the farmers to resume farm operations after April 21st.
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was restored for vehicular movement after remaining closed for hours due to mudslide at Mehad, Ramban and shooting stones at Kishtwari Pathar, Banihal yesterday.
As soon as the road was cleared, the traffic was allowed to ply in the late afternoon.
Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a minimum of 7.0°C against 9.2°C on the previous night and it was 0.9°C below normal for Srinagar for this time of the year.
Qazigund recorded a minimum of 7.0°C against 8.6°C on the previous night and it was 0.4°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
Pahalgam recorded a low of 1.6°C against 4.8°C on the previous night and it was 1.8°C below normal for the famous resort in south Kashmir.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of 5.8°C against 7.8°C on the previous night and it was 0.7°C below normal, the official said.
Kupwara town recorded a low of 6.0°C against 7.5°C on the previous night and it was 0.9°C below normal there, the official said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of 0.5°C against 1.6°C on the previous night and it was below normal by 1.7°C for the famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Jammu, he said, recorded a minimum of 16.8°C against 17.9°C on the previous night and it was below normal by 3.4°C for the winter capital of J&K.
Banihal recorded a low of 6.4°C, Batote 8.4°C and Bhaderwah 6.6°C, he added.
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