Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 25: The temperatures plummeted further today at most places across the region as Kashmir continued to reel under intense cold conditions, leading to the freezing of several water bodies and water supply lines in the majority of the areas.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 7.3 degrees Celsius last night – down from the previous night’s minus 6.6 degrees Celsius.
It has predicted a dip of 2-3-degree Celsius dip in the minimum temperatures in Kashmir over the next two days.
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Except in Gulmarg, the night temperatures plummeted across all Kashmir today.
The region experienced below-normal maximum as well as minimum temperatures for this time of the season making life difficult for the people.
The fall in the mercury has led to the freezing of water supply lines even as a thin layer of ice covered the surface of several water bodies, including the Dal lake.
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The city was colder than Gulmarg where the mercury settled at a low of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, up from minus 7.4 degrees Celsius the previous night.
Pahalgam registered a minimum temperature of minus 8.4 degrees Celsius, down from the previous night’s minus 7.8 degrees Celsius.
Qazigund recorded a minimum temperature of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, while Konibal, Pampore was the coldest recorded place in the Valley at minus 9.5 degrees Celsius.
Kupwara registered a low of minus 6.4 degrees Celsius, while Kokernag was at minus 5.4 degrees Celsius.
The Meteorological department said that there is a possibility of light snowfall over the higher reaches towards the later afternoon on December 27 till the forenoon the next day.
While the weather would stay mainly dry on December 29, 30, and 31, light snowfall is possible in the isolated higher reaches on New Year’s eve, and light snowfall could take place at isolated to scattered places in Kashmir from January 1-4.
Currently under the grip of ‘Chillai-Kalan’, the harshest winter period of 40 days that started on December 21. During this period, the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum and the temperature drops considerably.
It ends on January 30 next year, but the cold wave continues even after that in the Valley. The 40 days are followed by a 20-day ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small cold) and a 10-day ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold).
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