J&K Weather Parts of Kashmir receive fresh snowfall, plains get heavy downpour
Srinagar/IBNS: Upper reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while rains lashed plains Sunday bringing the temperatures down.
Meteorological Department officials said some higher reaches in Kashmir, including Z-Gali, Razdan top, Peer ki Gali, Sadhna Top and Zojila received light snowfall.
Meanwhile, intermittent rains continued in the plains throughout the day.
Srinagar received 3.4 millimetres of rainfall between 8:30 am to 5:30 pm Sunday.
The mercury in the summer capital settled at 15.1 degrees Celsius against 25.1 degrees Celsius on the previous day.
The famous tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir had 9.4 mm of rain and recorded a maximum of 12.6 degrees Celsius against 23.4 degrees Celsius on the day earlier.
Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, received 12.6 mm of rainfall and recorded a high of 13.1 degrees Celsius against 25.4 degrees Celsius on the previous day.
Jammu city, Batote, Katra, Banihal and Bhaderwah recorded maximum temperatures of 30.2 degrees Celsius, 17.1 degrees Celsius, 27.0 degrees Celsius, 15.8 degrees Celsius and 19.2 degrees Celsius respectively.
The Meteorological Department of Srinagar forecasted a significant improvement in the weather from Tuesday afternoon and also predicted dry weather till October 22.
