Kargil, Ladakh witness low temperature, leave region freezing
Kargil, Ladakh witness low temperature, leave region freezing : The minimum temperature witnessed in the towns of Kargil and Ladakh freezing the region at minus 20 degrees Celsius last night. Kashmir continued to remain the minimum temperature across Kashmir continued to remain quite a few degrees below the freezing point leaving the weather dry.
The mercury in nearby Leh town settled at a low of minus 10.9 degrees Celsius, an official of the MET department said here. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius last night that was one degree less than minus 4.3 degrees Celsius that was recorded previous night, the official said.
The night temperature at a place Qazigund in south Kashmir rested as low as of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius slightly up from yesterday's minus 4.4 degrees Celsius. The neighboring Kokernag town saw mercury fall slightly to settle at a low of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius last night from minus 1.7 degrees Celsius 24 hours ago, the official said.
He said Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius down from minus 4.7 degrees Celsius the previous night.
The official told that the night temperature in Pahalgam decreased from a low of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius the previous night to settle at a low of minus 5.6 degrees Celsius last night. Gulmarg recorded the minimum temperature of minus 6.4 degrees Celsius down from minus 5 degrees Celsius yesterday.The MET department has predicted dry weather over the next week, indicating that there would be no relief in the cold wave conditions.
The MET official said, “The weather is likely to remain dry in Kashmir till 20 January, there may be light snowfall in higher reaches and the minimum temperature will continue to remain several degrees below the freezing point”.He said the possibility of moderate to heavy snowfall in the valley or Ladakh region over the next two weeks is less. The cold wave continues even after that in the valley.
- PTC News
