Cold wave conditions continued to prevail across valley as minimum temperature dropped down as some parts of Srinagar and Pahalgam received fresh spell of snowfall.
Officials informed that some parts of Srinagar and Pahalgam were covered by thin blanket of snow on Thursday.
An official of the meteorological department told GNS that Srinagar had traces of snowfall or rain in last 24 hours till 0830 hours today but most parts were blanketed by a thin layer of snow. Official further informed that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 1.3°C against last night’s 1.3°C.
Official further informed that Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 10.0 °C against minus 10.4°C on previous night whereas Qazigund, recorded a low of minus 0.2°C against 0.2°C on the previous night.
As per official, Kokernag, in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 4.3°C against minus 2.4°C on the previous night and Pahalgam received 0.2cm of snowfall and recorded a low of minus 10.9°C against minus 5.6°C on the last night.
Further official said that Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 3.4°C against 1.6°C on the previous night while Jammu had a low of 5.5°C against previous night’s 7.7°C and the temperature was 3.2°C below normal for Jammu at this time whereas Banihal recorded a low of minus 0.8°C, Katra had minimum of 5.0°C while Bhaderwah recorded a low of minus 1.5°C.
Weatherman has predicted cloudy weather in Jammu and Kashmir along with moderate to dense foggy mornings in plains of Jammu till January 29.