Most components of Kashmir obtained contemporary snowfall on Friday resulting in the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu nationwide freeway and impacting flight operations to and from the Valley, officers mentioned right here.

Snowfall was recorded in vacationer cities of Pahalgam and Gulmarg, in addition to in Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Budgam, and the higher areas of Kupwara, Ganderbal and Srinagar.

Traffic motion on each side of the Srinagar-Jammu nationwide freeway — the all-weather street connecting Kashmir with the remainder of the nation — was stopped because of snowfall and taking pictures stones between Ramban and Banihal, officers mentioned.

Moreover, flight operations on the Srinagar airport have been affected because of snowfall and low visibility, the officers mentioned.

Minimum temperatures rose in Kashmir however nonetheless settled under the freezing level throughout the Valley. Srinagar recorded a minimal temperature of minus 0.1 levels Celsius on Thursday evening — up from minus 1.four levels Celsius the evening earlier than. Qazigund, the gateway to the Valley, registered a low of minus 0.6 levels Celsius.

Kokernag in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 1.four levels Celsius, whereas the minimal temperature in Kupwara settled at minus 1.5 levels Celsius. The mercury in Pahalgam, in the Anantnag district, which serves as a base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, settled at minus 2.9 levels Celsius.

The minimal temperature at Gulmarg in Baramulla district was minus 7.6 levels Celsius.

The meteorological workplace had forecast moist climate in Jammu and Kashmir from January 19 to 25 because of western disturbances. It mentioned there have been probabilities of mild to average rain or snow in components of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday and Saturday.

It predicted a a lot greater depth of precipitation from January 23 to 25, with a risk of average snow in the plains of Kashmir, average to heavy snow over center and better reaches and rains in Jammu.

Kashmir is at the moment below the grip of ‘Chillai Kalan’, the 40-day harshest climate interval when probabilities of snowfall are most and most frequent. Chillai Kalan begins on December 21 and ends on January 30. The chilly wave continues even after that with a 20-day-long ‘Chillai Khurd’ and a 10-day-long ‘Chillai Bachha’ following it.

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