Kashmir continues to grapple with chilly wave, subzero temperatures – Kashmir Observer

There was no respite from the extraordinary chilly wave in Kashmir because the Valley recorded excessive subzero temperatures on Monday evening, officers stated.

Srinagar metropolis recorded a minimal temperature of minus 5.0 levels Celsius on Monday, marginally up from the earlier evening’s minus 5.3 levels, the officers stated on Tuesday.

Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, which serves as one of many base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a minimal temperature of minus 6.2 levels Celsius.

Qazigund city in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 4.8 levels Celsius and the ski resort city of Gulmarg in north Kashmir reported a low of minus 4.5 levels, the officers stated.

The minimal temperature in Kokernag city settled at minus 1.5 levels Celsius and in Kupwara at minus 4.9 levels, they added.

A dry and largely snowless winter in Kashmir has resulted in freezing nights and warmer-than-usual days as most temperatures in Srinagar have been greater than eight levels above regular for this time of the 12 months, the officers stated.

Kashmir has been going by way of a protracted dry spell with a 79 per cent rainfall deficit being recorded in December. There was no precipitation in most elements of the Valley within the first three weeks of January.

There has additionally been no snowfall in most plain areas of Kashmir whereas the higher reaches of the Valley have obtained lesser-than-usual snow.

The climate workplace, nevertheless, has forecast the potential for gentle snowfall at locations within the Valley from Thursday to January 31.

Kashmir is presently underneath the grip of ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’, a 40-day harsh winter interval when a chilly wave sweeps the area and temperatures drop significantly, resulting in the freezing of water our bodies and water in pipelines.

The probabilities of snowfall are highest throughout this era and most areas, significantly within the larger reaches, obtain heavy snow.

‘Chilla-i-Kalan’ will finish on January 31. Nonetheless, the chilly situations will proceed after that with a 20-day ‘Chilla-i-Khurd (small chilly)’ and a 10-day ‘Chilla-i-Bachha (child chilly)’.

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