Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 7: As Weatherman has forecast that fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect the surface and air transport to Kashmir from tomorrow, the Traffic police have cleared the Srinagar bound passenger traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway this evening.
Director Meteorological Department in Srinagar, Sonam Lotus, told Excelsior that there will be heavy snowfall in South Kashmir and Pirpanchal mountains from tomorrow.
Lotus said that a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the State from January 8 to 10. “The main activity will be on January 9 and moderate to heavy snowfall may occur at many places in Kashmir valley”, he added.
The Met official said that the main activity will start around January 8 and will continue up to January 10 noon. “Qazigund, Banihal, Patnitop and other areas along the Highway and Doda and Bhaderwah will experience heavy snowfall. Jammu and Udhampur will experience rains during this period”, he added.
Lotus said that the weather system may affect the surface and air transport between January 8 and 10. “The night temperature will increase while the day temperature will fall during these three days”, he added.
As the Met issued weather advisory, the Traffic police cleared all the passenger traffic from the Highway between Udhampur and Qazigund that is witnessing heavy snowfall from tomorrow afternoon.
The Inspector General of Police, Traffic, Muneer Ahmad Khan told Excelsior: “We cleared all the Srinagar bound passenger traffic from the Highway and will allow the traffic from Srinagar to Jammu tomorrow only after taking review of the weather conditions.”
In the meantime, mercury continued to be below freezing in Kashmir and Ladakh region with Kargil recording minus 19 degree Celsius, the lowest in the region.
A Met official said here that last night Leh recorded minus 17.4 degree Celsius, a plunge of almost 10 degree Celsius from the previous night’s minus 7.9 degree Celsius and maximum temperature settled at minus 2.4 degree Celsius.
Temperature in the Kargil town settled at a low of minus 19.0 degree Celsius, almost six degree down from minus 13.1 degree Celsius the previous night and day temperature settled at minus 1.2 degree Celsius.
Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 3.3 degree Celsius, one degree down from the previous night’s minus 2.3 degree Celsius and day temperature of 4 degree Celsius.
The minimum temperature in Pahalgam, in South Kashmir, decreased by over seven degree from the previous night’s minus 7.4 degree Celsius to settle at the season’s lowest of minus 14.7 degree Celsius last night.
Gulmarg registered a low of minus 11.6 degree Celsius, as against the previous night’s minus 9.7 degree Celsius. Qazigund settled at minus 4.4 degree Celsius, while Kokernag recorded a low of minus 5.2 degree Celsius.
The minimum in Kupwara, in North Kashmir, settled at minus 4.6 degree Celsius compared to the previous night’s minus 1.8 degree Celsius.
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