Light snowfall in two parts of Kashmir
Fresh snowfall occurred in the upper areas of Kashmir Valley today on Saturday. Cold has increased in the area after snowfall. The Meteorological Department has also predicted rain in the valley, along with falling temperature. This snowfall occurred in the upper areas of Sonamarg and Gulmarg of Ganderbal. The department said some other upper reaches like Zojila and Sadna Top of Kupwara also received light snowfall. At the same time, light rain has also been seen at some places.
changes in temperature
It was further told that due to cloud cover, changes in temperature were recorded in most places of Kashmir including Srinagar. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius, down from -1.2 degrees Celsius on Friday. Pahalgam recorded a minimum temperature of 3.2 degrees Celsius, Qazigund 0.8 degrees Celsius, Kupwara 2.1 degrees Celsius and Gulmarg 0.5 degrees Celsius.
It may snow or rain tomorrow
The Meteorological Department has predicted light rain or snowfall in upper parts of Kashmir on Sunday. Apart from this, light rain or snowfall is expected in the upper parts of the valley on December 1, but the weather is likely to remain dry from December 2 to 5.
The first snowfall had occurred before this
Earlier, the first snowfall of the season had occurred in Gulmarg, a famous tourist spot in Kashmir, on November 16. Along with snowfall, rain was also seen in the plains. Snow started in the morning on 16 November and has been falling intermittently, resulting in a blanket of up to an inch of snow. Officials had said that snowfall occurred in many other upper areas of the valley including Gurez in Bandipora district, Machil in Kupwara, Mughal Road in Shopian and other places. Meanwhile, there was rain in many parts of the plains including Srinagar.
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