Srinagar, Jan 7: The minimum temperature recorded a considerable increase on Saturday as Jammu and Kashmir braces for nearly weeklong cloudy and wet weather in wake of two back-to-back western disturbances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quoting a meteorological department official, news agency GNS reported that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 1.4\u00b0C against last night\u2019s minus 5.5\u00b0C that was coldest for the season so far. Today\u2019s minimum temperature was 0.5\u00b0C above normal, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qazigund, he said, recorded a low of minus 1.6\u00b0C against minus 5.6\u00b0C. Today\u2019s minimum temperature was 1.5\u00b0C above normal, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 2.8\u00b0C against minus 8.6\u00b0C on the previous night. Today\u2019s minimum temperature was 4.2\u00b0C above normal for the place, he said. The coldest night recorded this season in the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir\u2019s Anantnag district was on January 2 when mercury plunged to minus 9.6\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kokernag recorded a low of minus 1.4\u00b0C against minus 4.3\u00b0C on the previous night, he said. It was 2.6\u00b0C above normal for the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 2.6\u00b0C against minus 5.0\u00b0C on the previous night, the official said. It was 2.6\u00b0C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir\u2019s Baramulla district which recorded its coldest night on January 2 when minimum temperature plummeted to minus 10.0\u00b0C, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at minus 2.6\u00b0C against minus 5.6\u00b0C on the previous night in the north Kashmir area, he said. The official said that the temperature was 0.9\u00b0C above normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jammu recorded a low of 5.0\u00b0C against 3.7\u00b0C on the previous night. It was 2.4\u00b0C below normal for J&K\u2019s winter capital, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banihal recorded a low of 3.4\u00b0C (above normal by 3.4\u00b0C), Batote 5.1\u00b0C (above normal by 3.6\u00b0C), Katra 7.6\u00b0C (1.6\u00b0C above normal) and Bhadarwah 2.0\u00b0C (3.8\u00b0C above normal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Ladakh, Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 10.8\u00b0C and minus 14.8\u00b0C respectively, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTwo back to back Western Disturbances (are) most likely to affect J&K and adjoining from 7th January (evening),\u201d the meteorological department official here told GNS, adding, \u201cUnder The influence of the 1st WD 7th (evening) to 9th January(afternoon), weather is likely to be cloudy with possibility of light snow over higher reaches during 7th night and light rain\/snow over plains of J&K and light to moderate snow in middle and higher reaches during January 8th\/9th.\u201d From January 9th (afternoon) to 11th January (afternoon), he said, weather is likely to be cloudy with possibility of light snow over isolated higher reaches of Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the influence of the 2nd WD from January 11th(afternoon) to 13th January(afternoon), the weather is expected to be cloudy with possibility of light rain\/snow over plains of Jammu and Kashmir and light to moderate snow over middle and higher reaches during 12\/13 January.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He advised Travellers and transporters to plan their journey accordingly especially over Sonamarg-Zojila-Gumni axis, Razdan pass, Sinthan pass, Sadhna pass, Mughal Road etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kashmir is under the grip of Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day long harsh winter period that started on December 21. It is followed by a 20-day-long period called \u2018Chillai-Khurd\u2019 that occurs between January 30 and February 19 and a 10-day-long period \u2018Chillai-Bachha\u2019 (baby cold) from February 20 to March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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