Rains lash J&K, MeT predicts more in next few days
Srinagar: Rains continued to lash Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday with the weather department predicting more precipitation in the next few days.
Fresh Western Disturbances in Jammu and Kashmir once again brought snowfall in higher reaches while the rains continued to lash plains including Srinagar.
Several areas including Zojila Top, Sadhna Top, Razdan Pass, Dawar, Tulail, Machil, Kangdori, Gulmarg, Sinthan Top and Mughal Road experienced fresh snowfall, bringing down mercury across the Valley.
The intermittent moderate rains in the plains of Kashmir including Srinagar, caused water-logging at multiple places.
Director of Meteorological Department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad, said that the weather would remain generally cloudy with the possibility of light to moderate rain, snow (light snow over higher reaches) at most places with thunder, lightning, hailstorm, gusty winds at few places with the possibility of heavy rain over isolated places of Jammu & Kashmir division particularly on April 28 and 29.
He stated that the weather is expected to remain generally cloudy on April 30 with the possibility of light rain with thunders at many places.
The weather is expected to remain dry from May 01-05, he said.
In a detailed advisory, the MeT has advised the farmers to suspend farm operations till April 30.
Temporary disruption of traffic over higher reaches of Zojila, Sinthan Pass, Mughal Road, Razdan Pass etc is expected while water logging in low-lying areas is also possible, the advisory reads, adding that there is a possibility of landslides & shooting stones and also temporary increase in water level in Jhelum and its tributaries and other local streams and Nallahs can also be witnessed.
With fresh snowfall and rains today, the maximum temperature has plummeted across Kashmir valley.
Compared to 23.0 degree Celsius yesterday, Srinagar recorded a maximum temperature of 11.5 degree Celsius today, an official in the Meteorological department said, adding that Qazigund also recorded a maximum temperature of 17.6 degree Celsius compared to yesterday’s 23.6 degree Celsius.
In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at 13.6 degree Celsius compared to 20.7 degree Celsius yesterday while 10.1 degree Celsius was recorded in Kupwara compared to yesterday’s 21.0 degree Celsius.
A girl pulls her Shikara on Dal waters on Saturday amid heavy rains. Photo/Farooq Javed
