Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 7: The Meteorological Department has forecast snowfall at isolated places in Kashmir and the authorities have issued an avalanche warning for the hills.
The Disaster Management Authority today issued a medium avalanche warning for the hills of Ganderbal, Bandipora, Baramulla and Kupwara districts in the next 24 hours.
“People living in these areas are advised to take precautions and avoid venturing in the avalanche prone areas till further orders,” the Authority added.
A MeT official said that the weather will be mainly dry during the next 24 hours. He said that there is a possibility of “isolated to widespread light to moderate rain, snow and thunders” from tomorrow evening.
Barring Srinagar and Qazigund, the minimum temperature recorded a fall in Kashmir with Gulmarg being the coldest place in Kashmir at minus 7.0°C today.
Srinagar recorded a low of 2.7°C against 1.8°C the previous night. Today’s minimum temperature was above normal by 3.1°C for the city.
Qazigund recorded a low of 0.4°C against minus 1.6°C °C the previous night and it was 1.9°C above normal for the town.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 5.9°C against minus 0.2°C the previous night and it was 0.3°C above normal for the famous tourist resort.
Kokernag recorded a low of minus 0.7°C against 1.1°C the previous night and it was 1.3°C above normal for the place.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 7.0°C against minus 3.6°C the previous night and it was 0.3°C below normal for the skiing resort.
In Kupwara town, the mercury recorded a drop and settled at minus 1.0°C against minus 0.3°C the previous night and it was 1.0°C above normal for the town.
Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 11.4°C and minus 10.0°C respectively.
While Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day long harsh winter period that started on December 21 has ended, Kashmir is under the grip of a 20-day-long period called ‘Chillai-Khurd’. It will be followed by a 10-day-long period ‘Chillai-Bacha’ (baby cold) which will end on February 28.
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