Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 26: Kashmir valley was today lashed by rains and hills had fresh snowfall leading to drop in temperatures at most places, settling below normal.
Majority of the areas in Kashmir including Srinagar were lashed by rains this afternoon while there was light snowfall in the hills.
“From April 26-28, weather is expected to be generally cloudy with possibility of intermittent light rain with thunder/lightning (light snowfall over higher reaches of Central and North, Northwestern parts of Kashmir) at many places with peak intensity on April 27,” said a meteorological department official here.
He said there was also a possibility of snow over upper reaches at some places as well as likelihood of moderate intensity rainfall at few places during the time.
Strong gusty wind towards late afternoon/evening with possibility of hailstorm can’t be ruled out during the period, he said.
“From 29-30th April, generally cloudy weather with light rain is expected at a few places for short period,” he said, adding, “there is no forecast of major rain/snowfall till the end of April.”
Srinagar recorded a low of 7.9°C against 8.3°C on the previous night and it was 1.4°C below normal for the city.
Qazigund recorded a low of 5.2°C against 4.8°C on the previous night and it was 2.6°C below normal for the town.
Pahalgam recorded a low of 2.6°C against 1.6°C on previous night and it was 1.8°C below normal for the tourist resort.
Kokernag recorded a low of 3.0°C against 6.2°C on the previous night and it was 5.1°C below normal for the place.
Gulmarg recorded a low of 3.2°C against 4.6°C on previous night and it was 1.0°C below normal for the skiing resort.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at 5.2°C against 3.2°C on the previous night and it was 2.6°C below normal for the town.
Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 2.2°C and 3.5°C respectively.
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