SRINAGAR: With no major weather activity forecasted until December 26, the local Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert, predicting a cold wave in isolated regions for the next week.
According to details, the MeT has sounded a yellow warning for isolated areas, forecasting cold wave conditions to persist from December 17 to December 23. The warning has been issued for isolated places across both Jammu and Kashmir regions.
Meanwhile, temperatures have dropped further at several locations in Kashmir, including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, where the night temperature plummeted to minus 5.3 degrees Celsius, down from the previous night’s 3.4 degrees Celsius.
At Gulmarg, a famous ski resort, the minimum temperature was recorded at minus 4.0 degrees Celsius, while in Pahalgam, the mercury settled at minus 6.8 degrees Celsius.
In Qazigund, the gateway to Kashmir, temperatures reached minus 6.0 degrees Celsius, while North Kashmir’s Kupwara recorded minus 5.6 degrees Celsius. Kokernag in South Kashmir saw a minimum temperature of minus 5.7 degrees Celsius.
Shopian was the coldest place in Kashmir, with temperatures recorded at minus 8.9 degrees Celsius, followed by Pulwama at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, MeT Director Mukhtar Ahmad has forecast generally dry and cloudy weather for the next three days, with light snow expected over a few higher reaches on December 21 and 22.
He further stated that dry weather is expected from December 23 to December 26, with no significant weather events anticipated until then.
In its advisory, the MeT has urged tourists, travellers, and transporters to follow administration and traffic advisories due to fresh snowfall, sub-freezing temperatures, and icy conditions on roads, especially in important passes and higher reaches. (KNO)
