Severe cold in the mountains, heavy rain and snowfall expected from today : J&K

The weather in the state changed its position once again on Sunday. The high mountain areas of Kashmir and Jammu divisions received snowfall while the plains were cloudy. This has led to a drop in temperature. The minimum temperature in Srinagar has been minus three degrees. Kathua-Udhampur and Samba were cloudy all day.

*Snowfall in Jammu due to snowfall in the mountains, Srinagar was the
coldest in the season, mercury reached -3 degrees
**Cloud covered in Udhampur-Kathua, snow fell in Gulmarg and Pahalgam
***Weather again changed, Jammu's minimum temperature was 7.2 degrees

On Sunday, the mountainous regions of Gulmarg and Pahalgam in Kashmir received snowfall several times. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of – 3.0 degree Celsius which was the lowest temperature in the current season. The minimum temperature reached -7.4 in Gulmarg and -5.4 ° C in Pahalgam.
Jammu recorded a maximum of 22.0 and a minimum of 7.2 degrees. Banihal recorded a maximum of 15.0 and a minimum of 1.0. Katra, the base camp of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, recorded a maximum temperature of 16.2 and a minimum of 7.0 degrees Celsius. According to the meteorological center Srinagar, the weather will get worse in the coming days.

According to the Meteorological Center, heavy snowfall from today to 25 November, heavy snowfall is expected in the hills of the state from Monday 23 November, and normal to moderate rain in the plains. It will run from 23 to 25 November. In such a situation, traffic on Mughal Road including Jammu Srinagar National Highway may be affected.