Min temp to dip further as weather expected to remain dry

KL News Network

Srinagar

Erstwhile Prime Minister of J&K, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad (L) on frozen Dal.

For the first time this season, most water bodies showed a thin frozen crust at many places indicating that the winter this year could be harsher than expected in the Kashmir Valley.

The water bodies normally show signs of freezing by the middle of December in Kashmir.

The minimum temperature has dipped by two degrees below normal in Valley.

Officials in MeT department said the night temperatures are likely to drop further during the next two-three days as the weather across the state is expected to remain dry during this period with clear night skies.

The minimum temperature was recorded minus 1.9 degrees, minus 3 degrees and minus 0.6 degrees Celsius in Srinagar, Pahalgam and Gulmarg respectively.

With mountains witnessing fresh snowfall, chilly winds decreased the night temperature throughout the Valley and dropped below the freezing point.

In Leh, the lowest night temperature was minus 8.6 degrees.

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