Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 13: Pahalgam and Kupwara received fresh snowfall even as rains relented after four days in Kashmir valley today.
The weatherman has forecast erratic weather till March 15 with possibility of more rains especially on Sunday.
A meteorological department official said that Srinagar received 9 mm of fresh rain in the last 24 hours even as it recorded a low of 3.8 degree Celsius against 2.2 degree Celsius the previous night.
The temperature was 0.1 degree Celsius above normal for this time of the year in Srinagar.
Qazigund recorded a low of 3.7 degree Celsius against 3.0 degree Celsius the previous night and received 30.8mm of rain during the time. The mercury settled at minus 0.7 degree Celsius against 0.3 degree Celsius earlier night at Pahalgam while the famous south Kashmir resort received 17.4mm rain and 6.5cm snowfall.
Kokernag, also in South Kashmir, recorded a low of 2.1 degree Celsius against 3.0 degree Celsius the previous night while it received 21.2mm rain.
The minimum temperature settled at minus 0.3 degree Celsius in Kupwara against minus 0.7 degree Celsius the previous night while the north Kashmir district received 15.2mm rain including 2cm snowfall.
Gulmarg received 9.4mm of rain in last 24 hours. The weatherman has issued a warning, asking concerned to remain alert for landslide and avalanche in “vulnerable spots as land is fully saturated.”
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