Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: The temperatures across Kashmir continued to be subzero after the coldest night was recorded yesterday in Srinagar in 50 years.
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The minimum temperature in Srinagar was recorded at minus 4.6 degrees Celsius today from minus 8.5 degrees Celsius the previous night.
The intense cold led to the freezing of several water bodies, including parts of the famous Dal Lake here, and water supply lines in many areas of the city and elsewhere in the region.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius while the famous ski resort of Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 6.0 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature settled at minus 5.2 degrees Celsius in Qazigund, minus 4.2 degrees Celsius in Kupwara and minus 3.7 degrees Celsius in Kokernag.
A MeT official said that mainly dry weather will prevail till December 26.
Light snow over the higher reaches is also possible from the afternoon of December 27 to the forenoon of December 28. “The weather is likely to be mainly dry on December 29-30 while light snowfall is expected in the higher reaches on New Year’s Eve,” he said.
He said the cold wave at isolated places would continue over the next few days.
Chillai Kalan- 40 day harshest period of winter- began yesterday on a chilly note. It will end on January 30 next year but the cold wave continues in the Valley as it is followed by a 20-day ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small cold) and a 10-day ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold).
During the 40 days of ‘Chillai-Kalan’, the chances of snowfall are the maximum and the temperature drops considerably.
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