{"id":58058,"date":"2024-11-21T08:10:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=58058"},"modified":"2024-11-21T08:10:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:10:28","slug":"cold-wave-intensifies-in-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/cold-wave-intensifies-in-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Wave Intensifies in Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Srinagar, Nov 21:<\/strong> The cold wave in Kashmir tightened its hold on the region, with temperatures remaining well below freezing at most weather stations, despite a slight improvement in the night temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the minimum temperature dropped to -0.4\u00b0C, following the season\u2019s first sub-zero reading of -0.7\u00b0C earlier. This was 1.1\u00b0C below the normal average for this time of year, according to the Meteorological Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shopian, which recorded the coldest night of the season on Wednesday, continued to be the coldest place on Thursday, with a minimum temperature of -3.9\u00b0C, as reported by independent weather observer Faizan Arif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In south Kashmir, most areas experienced freezing temperatures, with Anantnag recording -3.5\u00b0C, Pulwama -3.4\u00b0C, Larnoo -3.0\u00b0C, and Kulgam -2.0\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pahalgam, a popular tourist destination in south Kashmir\u2019s Anantnag district, saw a slight improvement, with the temperature recorded at -3.2\u00b0C, up from -3.7\u00b0C the previous night. This was still 1.1\u00b0C below the normal for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qazigund, known as the gateway to Kashmir, recorded a minimum temperature of -2.0\u00b0C, a drop from -1.6\u00b0C the previous night, and 2.5\u00b0C below normal for the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ski resort of Gulmarg also saw a slight rise in temperature, recorded at 0.0\u00b0C, compared to 0.6\u00b0C the previous night, but still 1.5\u00b0C above normal for this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kokernag, another picturesque spot in south Kashmir, recorded a low of 0.7\u00b0C, down from 1.2\u00b0C the day before, and 0.7\u00b0C below normal for the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In north Kashmir, Kupwara saw a low of -0.9\u00b0C, a slight drop from the previous night\u2019s -0.8\u00b0C, which was 0.6\u00b0C below the normal temperature for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Meteorological Department forecast that the weather in Kashmir Valley would remain dry until November 23. However, it warned that another wet spell is expected to begin on November 24, bringing light rain and snow to higher reaches of Kashmir and scattered areas of Jammu division. After that, the weather is expected to remain dry until November 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Nov 21: The cold wave in Kashmir tightened its hold on the region, with temperatures remaining well below freezing at most weather stations, despite a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30,54],"tags":[1032,68,128,1033],"class_list":["post-58058","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-jammu","category-kashmir","category-latest-news","tag-earlypostdaily","tag-jammu","tag-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-latestnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58060,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58058\/revisions\/58060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}