SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is expected to witness cloudy weather and light rains on Eid, which is expected to fall on Wednesday or Thursday depending upon the sighting of moon. The weather will be intermittently wet from April 10 to 17.
The Indian Meteorological Department centre in Srinagar said that two back-to-back western disturbances, moisture laden winds from the Mediterranean, will hit the region on April 10.
“The first western disturbance will hit on April 10 and the weather will be cloudy from the morning. From Wednesday evening till Thursday afternoon, there will be light to moderate widespread rains in Kashmir and at isolated places in Jammu region,” said meteorologist M Hussain Mir.
The weather will improve on April 12 and is expected to deteriorate again from April 13.
“Another western disturbance will strike on April 13 afternoon, leading to light to moderate rainfall across J&K for three days,” he said.
The MeT said that the three days will see light to moderate rain and snowfall over higher reaches with thunder, lightning, hailstorms and gusty winds at few places.
