Srinagar: The winter sun struggled a lot to come out of the cloud, that made the whole weather chilly. There are chances of rain from Wednesday evening, at some places in Jammu and Kashmir, which can prolong for three days.
“We are expecting a mainly dry weather; however, there may be isolated rain at some places in in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours,” an official of the local Met office told IANS here.
The minimum temperature dropped below the freezing point at many places in the state, with Leh town in Ladakh region recording a lowest of minus 5.6 degrees Celcius on Tuesday. Mercury in Kargil town in the region plummeted to minus 5.2 degrees.
Gulmarg and Pahalgam tourist resorts in the valley recorded minimum of minus 3 degrees and 0.4 degrees respectively on Tuesday.
“It will be a partly cloudy day ahead in Srinagar, with maximum temperature likely to hover around 14 degrees,” the official said.
The overnight minimum temperature in Srinagar city was 1.6 degrees.
“Wet conditions are likely to last for three days with fairly widespread rains, mainly in the Kashmir valley, on December 11 (Friday)”, the weather office said.
The overnight minimum temperature in Jammu city was 11.4 degrees.
In Jammu province, the minimum temperature was 10.4 degrees in Katra town, 1.8 degrees in Banihal, 7.3 degrees in Batote and 4.4 degrees in Bhaderwah town, the weather official said.