Srinagar: Srinagar today recorded the hottest day of the season with mercury jumping to 34.6 degree Celsius as Kashmir Valley continued to witness a heat wave and weatherman predicting some relief from July 04.
Qazigund, Kokernag, Pahalgam and Kupwara also recorded the hottest day of the season today. In Kupwara, the mercury settled at 34.6 degree Celsius while Qazigund recorded 34.0 degree Celsius and Kokernag and Pahalgam recorded a maximum temperature of 33.4 degree Celsius and 29.1 degree Celsius respectively.
The Jammu division has recorded almost similar temperatures like yesterday. The details reveal that Jammu recorded 37.2 degree Celsius while Banihal recorded 31.8 degree Celsius.
Batote, Katra and Bhaderwah recorded a maximum temperature of 29.1 degree Celsius, 33.5 degree Celsius and 34.7 degree Celsius respectively.
Meanwhile, the weatherman here has predicted hot and humid weather with possibility of spell of rain and thundershower at scattered places of Jammu towards late night and early morning and spell of rain and thundershower at few places of Kashmir.
On July 04, Director Meteorological department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad, said, an intermittent spell of light to moderate rain and thundershower is expected at many places with isolated heavy rain over Jammu division.
On July 5 & 6, there is a possibility of intermittent moderate rainfall at most places of J&K with heavy showers and rainfall at few places.
Meanwhile, in its advisory, the MeT has said that thunderstorm, lightning and flash floods, landslides, mudslides & shooting stones are expected at few vulnerable places during 4th-6th July, adding that a few low lying areas may experience temporary water logging conditions.
