Mercury drops further in Kashmir
Srinagar Nov 23 PTI The mercury slipped further in Kashmir on Tuesday as cold wave conditions persisted in the Valley with Srinagar recording its coldest night of the season at minus 23 degrees Celsius meteorological department officials saidKashmir has been experiencing sub-zero temperatures for the past few nights and in most places the mercury has remained two to three notches below the normal for this part of the season they saidPahalgam which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra recorded a low of minus 44 degrees Celsius last night It was the coldest recorded place in Kashmir the officials saidSrinagar recorded a low of minus 23 degrees Celsius last night — down from minus 16 degrees Celsius on Sunday night they saidGulmarg resort in north Kashmirs Baramulla district recorded a minimum temperature of minus 06 degrees CelsiusThe mercury settled at a low of minus 3 degrees Celsius in north Kashmirs KupwaraQazigund the gateway to the Valley recorded a minimum temperature of minus 22 degrees Celsius while Kokernag registered a low of minus 11 degrees CelsiusThe meteorological department has said that the weather is most likely to remain dry but cold till the end of this monthHowever there is a possibility — 40 to 50 per cent chance — of light snowfall over extreme north Kashmir parts on November 25 it saidThe wintry conditions in Kashmir have set in much ahead of the beginning of the extremely harsh weather conditions that usually start around the third week of December Chillai Kalan the 40-day period of harsh winter in Kashmir begins on December 21 every year PTI MIJ DIV DIV
Srinagar Nov 23 PTI The mercury slipped further in Kashmir on Tuesday as cold wave conditions persisted in the Valley with Srinagar recording its coldest night of the season at minus 23 degrees Celsius meteorological department officials saidKashmir has been experiencing sub-zero temperatures for the past few nights and in most places the mercury has remained two to three notches below the normal for this part of the season they saidPahalgam which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra recorded a low of minus 44 degrees Celsius last night It was the coldest recorded place in Kashmir the officials saidSrinagar recorded a low of minus 23 degrees Celsius last night — down from minus 16 degrees Celsius on Sunday night they saidGulmarg resort in north Kashmirs Baramulla district recorded a minimum temperature of minus 06 degrees CelsiusThe mercury settled at a low of minus 3 degrees Celsius in north Kashmirs KupwaraQazigund the gateway to the Valley recorded a minimum temperature of minus 22 degrees Celsius while Kokernag registered a low of minus 11 degrees CelsiusThe meteorological department has said that the weather is most likely to remain dry but cold till the end of this monthHowever there is a possibility — 40 to 50 per cent chance — of light snowfall over extreme north Kashmir parts on November 25 it saidThe wintry conditions in Kashmir have set in much ahead of the beginning of the extremely harsh weather conditions that usually start around the third week of December Chillai Kalan the 40-day period of harsh winter in Kashmir begins on December 21 every year PTI MIJ DIV DIV
