Kupwara receives 8 inches snow
Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Dec 30: Kashmir was wrapped in a thin blanket of snow this morning with Kupwara in North Kashmir receiving the highest snowfall of 8 inches and amid the cloud cover there was an increase in the night temperatures.
The entire Kashmir woke up this morning to a thin blanket of snow but it melted early in the morning and there was no issue of slippery roads across Srinagar and other places of the Valley.
Kupwara in north Kashmir received highest snowfall of 20 cms (7.87 inches) followed by Gulmarg (16.5cm), Qazigund (15.0 cm), Pahalgam (10.0cm), Kokernag (5.0 cm), and Srinagar (3.0 cm).
Meanwhile most places recorded a rise in night temperature and for the first time in more than fortnight that mercury increased above normal in the Valley even though it hovered in sub-zero level.
The rise in the night temperatures brought much relief to the people from intense cold weather conditions.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.3°C against last night’s temperature of minus 3.2°C. The temperature was 1.8°C above normal for the city.
Srinagar has so far seen the coldest temperature this season on December 25 when mercury plummeted to minus 5.8°C.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 2.0°C against minus 3.2°C the previous night. The temperature was 0.3°C above normal for the town.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 4.9°C against minus 4.5°C the previous night. The minimum temperature was 0.3°C above normal for the tourist resort.
Kokernag recorded a low of minus 2.0°C against minus 2.3°C the previous night. It was 0.7°C above normal for the place.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 5.5°C against minus 4.8°C the previous night. It was 0.7°C above normal for the skiing resort.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at minus 0.8°C against minus 3.3°C the previous night. The temperature was 1.7°C above normal.
Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 10.2°C and 6.2°C respectively.
Kashmir is under Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day long harsh winter period that started on December 21 and is ending on Jan 30. It is followed by a 20-day-long period called ‘Chillai-Khurd’ that occurs between January 30 and February 19 and a 10-day-long period ‘Chillai-Bacha’ (baby cold) which is from February 20 to March 1.
Meanwhile, traffic on Jammu-Srinagar Nation Highway was disrupted at Seri in Ramban district at 5.30 pm today due to landslide. Traffic was however restored after 2 hours.
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