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Snow continues in Kashmir on third straight day: Flights grounded, highway closed

Snow continues in Kashmir on third straight day: Flights grounded, highway closed

Srinagar, Jan 5: Flights remained grounded while the Jammu-Srinagar highway continued to be closed as snowfall battered Kashmir Valley for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. Officials tasks that no flight could take off or arrive at the Srinagar international airport due to poor visibility. The airlines have already canceled or rescheduled the flights and […]

Weather will start deteriorating from today afternoon: Met Dept

Weather will start deteriorating from today afternoon: Met Dept

Srinagar, Dec 4: Deputy Director Metrological department Mukhtar Ahmed said that weather will remain deteriorated from today afternoon to till Tuesday afternoon.  “From today afternoon system will start peaking, till tomorrow there will be snowfall. Then it will start receding from Tuesday afternoon and from 6th afternoon weather will start improving.” He said that MeT […]

Light snow, sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir valley

Light snow, sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir valley

Srinagar, Dec 29 : Light snow lashed Srinagar and other parts of the Valley on Tuesday even sub-zero temperatures were recorded overnight in most places across the Kashmir Valley. Amid heavy cloud cover, there was a light snowfall in Srinagar where minimum temperature settled at 0.0°C, a MeT official said. The snow recorded in 24 […]

MeT forecasts ‘moderate rain, snow’ in south Kashmir, Pirpanjal range

MeT forecasts ‘moderate rain, snow’ in south Kashmir, Pirpanjal range

Srinagar, Dec 26: Weatherman on Saturday forecast “widespread moderate rain and snow in south Kashmir and Pirpanjal range from Bhadrwah to Gulmarg” on Sunday. Also, in view of the overnight cold conditions, the temperature rose slightly across the Valley with mercury settling in Srinagar at minus 3.7°C against minus 4.3°C on previous night. The temperature […]

Bone-chilling weather continues in Kashmir valley

Bone-chilling weather continues in Kashmir valley

Srinagar, Dec 22: Bone-chilling weather continued in Kashmir as overnight temperatures remained several degrees below the freezing point in the Valley, the weatherman said on Tuesday. Srinagar, where people endured the second coldest night at minus 6.6 °C in a decade on Saturday last, recorded a low of minus 5.2°C against 4.0°C on the precious […]

Chilai Kalan begins in Kashmir valley

Chilai Kalan begins in Kashmir valley

  Srinagar, Dec 21: Kashmir’s harshest winter period, known as Chilai Kalan, began on Monday and will last through the end of January. With overnight cloud cover, the night temperatures rose a little across the Valley but remained below the normal for this time of the year, the weatherman said. Srinagar, where people endured second […]