Srinagar: As flood scare looms over valley, finally weatherman has good news for the people.
Director Meteorological (MeT) department Sonam Lotus said that weather will likely improve from Friday.
Meanwhile, Lotus also used his Facebook and informed that 2014 flood situation won’t arise.
Representational picture of rainfall in Kashmir
Lotus posted on FB: “Since the morning of 4th April, most places of J&K has been receiving continuous moderate to heavy rain and snow (since today morning in Srinagar & surrounding areas). As expected, higher reaches received heavy snowfall with Gulmarg reporting 1 feet this morning and snow in whole Ladakh region.
“Snow in April in plains of Kashmir is not a frequent or annual phenomena but not unusual either as on earlier occasion also there has been snow in April-May as well.
“Rainfall for continuous 2-3 days brings down the temperature and this led to snow in plains.
Weather Outlook for next 1 week: Gradual decrease in rain/snow from today and significant improvement from 7th (occasional light rain on 7th can’t be ruled out).
“The weather system still persists over J&K and is moving towards East North East of Srinagar. It is still raining in most parts of the state but here has been gradual decrease in rain/snow from this afternoon. There will be significant improvement in weather from tomorrow Friday 7th April.
