Snow predicted in Valley today
Heavy snowfall between January 4 to 6, air, road travel to be affected; officials issue advisory to people
Ladakh region of the state. Isolated places might get heavy snowfall of a high intensity on January 4 and 5,” the weather office predicted. The weather will affect air travel and traffic along the Srinagar-jammu national highway and Mughal Road.
On Monday night, the temperatures hovered around -4.2°C in Srinagar and around -18°C in Drass.ahmad said the snowfall in first week of January will slightly increase the night temperature, while there will be a significant fall in day temperatures.
LIGHT PRECIPITATION PREDICTED FOR TODAY
The weather officials have forecast light rain and snow during the next 24 hours. The Met department officials said there is a likelihood of light rain and snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir which would break the cycle of the ongoing cold wave.
Pahalgam recorded -4.9°C and Gulmarg minus -4.9°C as the minimum temperature on Tuesday.
Leh recorded -14.6°C and Kargil recorded -17.3°C. Katra recorded 7.2°C , Batote 2.1°C, Bannihal 1.7 °C and Bhaderwah 1.2 °C.
SHIMLA TO GET SNOW
In view of a fresh western disturbance, widespread rain and snowfall is forecast in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. Stating this, Met department director Manmohan Singh said that after January 2, another active western disturbance is predicted from January 4 and will cause isolated heavy rain and snowfall in mid and high reaches of the state till January 6.
On Monday, the weather remained partially cloudy, though the IMD had predicted rain and snowfall in the high and mid reaches of the state on New Year.
There was no appreciable change in the minimum temperature, though the maximum temperature increased by 2°C.