Srinagar records season’s coldest night
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 24: With no forecast of any major wet spell in the region for the next two weeks, the night temperature plummeted across Kashmir with mercury settling at the lowest of the season at multiple locations.
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Srinagar recorded the season’s coldest night at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius.
Pahalgam recorded the season’s coldest night at 4.0 degrees Celsius.
The mercury also dropped by some degrees at other stations, with Qazigund recording a low of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius. Kokernag recorded a minimum temperature of minus 0.4 degrees.
Kupwara recorded a low of 3.2 degrees Celsius.
While the mercury has plummeted across the valley, Director Meteorological Department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad has forecast further fall in both maximum and minimum temperatures by 1-2 degrees Celsius during the next seven days.
He said shallow to moderate fog would likely continue at many places of the Kashmir division and isolated places of the Jammu division.
Director MeT further said that generally dry weather is expected till December 1. “On December 2, the weather is expected to remain generally cloudy while there is a possibility of a brief spell of very light snow over isolated higher reaches towards afternoon,” he disclosed.
The weatherman further added that generally dry weather is expected from December 3 to 10.
Meanwhile, Seer, Anantnag experienced one of the coldest nights of the winter season as temperatures dipped sharply, leading to the formation of icicles on trees, and water sources across the area.
The intense cold wave has resulted in frost-covered landscapes, giving the region a picturesque yet harsh winter setting.
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