Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 12: The minimum temperature plummeted in Kashmir today and settled below zero degree Celsius with Gulmarg recording minus 13.5°C.
A Meteorological Department official said that mainly dry weather is expected for the next few days.
The Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) issued an avalanche warning for four districts of Kashmir division.
The JKDMA, issued a ‘Medium Level’ warning above 2000 to 2400 metres over Ganderbal, Bandipora, Baramulla and Kupwara districts.
People living in the specified areas have been advised to take precautions and avoid venturing in the avalanche prone areas till further directions.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.6°C against 0.5°C the previous night. Today’s minimum temperature was below normal by 0.8°C for the city.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 1.5°C against 0.0°C the previous night and it was 0.5°C below normal for the town.
Pahalgam, recorded a low of minus 4.0°C against minus 2.4°C the previous night and it was 1.0°C above normal for the tourist resort.
Kokernag recorded a low of minus 2.3°C against minus 0.4°C the previous night and it was 0.8°C below normal for the place.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 13.5°C against minus 8.3°C the previous night and it was 7.3°C below normal for the skiing resort.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at minus 4.7°C against minus 8.3°C the previous night and it was 3.5°C below normal for the town.
Leh recorded a low of minus 11.2°C.
While Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day long harsh winter period that started on December 21 has ended, Kashmir is under the grip of a 20-day-long period called ‘Chillai-Khurd’. It will be followed by a 10-day-long period ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold) which will end on February 28.
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