Srinagar, Jan 22 : The
held Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region continue to reel under intense cold with
night temperature hovering several degrees below the freezing point.
The
weatherman has forecasted improvement in the night temperature across the
Valley, “as there is a possibility of fresh snowfall.”
The night
temperature in the summer capital Srinagar plummeted from yesterday's low of
minus 2.6 degrees Celsius to settle at a minimum of minus 4.0 degrees Celsius, a
MET Department spokesman said.
Kargil town in the cold desert of Ladakh
was the coldest recorded place in the state with a low of minus 18.6 degrees
Celsius as compared to yesterday's minus 18.2 degrees Celsius, he
said.
He added the nearby Leh town also witnessed a slight downfall in
the minimum temperature which settled at minus 17.0 degrees Celsius, from the
previous night’s minus 16.4 degrees Celsius.
The spokesman said the night
temperature in Pahalgam hill resort in south improved by almost a degree to
settle at a low of minus 8.5 degrees Celsius from yesterday’s minimum of minus
9.3 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature in the famous skiing resort
of Gulmarg in held Kashmir was minus 9.0 degrees Celsius – slightly up as
compared to the previous night’s minus 9.2, he said.
The spokesman said
the highway town of Qazigund in held Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.8 degrees
Celsius, while the night temperature in Kokernag was minus 4.1 degrees Celsius
and in held Kashmir’s Kupwara town the minimum settled at minus 3.6 degrees
Celsius.
The weatherman has predicted improvement in the night
temperatures across the Valley and frontier region of Ladakh on January 12 and
13, as there is a possibility of fresh snowfall in wide parts of the
state.
Ends
SA/EN
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