| More rains from Tuesday, Gulmarg colder than Leh, Kargil | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 5: A fresh Western Disturbance (WD) is likely to hit the region which could result in light rain on April 7 afternoon in Jammu and Kashmir, where world famous ski resort of Gulmarg at minus 2 degree Celsius was colder than Leh and Kargil which witnessed improvement in the weather. Bright sunshine greeted people in the valley, where barring Gulmarg, the minimum temperature was above normal. A Met department spokesperson said light rain or thundershowers could occur at few places in the state during the next 24 hours. He said world famous ski resort of Gulmarg was coldest in the region. The minimum temperature at the ski resort, major tourist attraction now a days because of snow covered slopes, was minus 2 degree, a notch below normal.
However, elsewhere in the valley, the night temperature remained above normal. At famed health resort of Pahalgam, the minimum temperature was 4 degree, three notches above normal after 6.2 mm rainfall during the night. He said at Qazigund, gateway of Kashmir on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, where hundreds of vehicles are stranded for the past one week, the minimum temperature was 6.7 degree, about two notches above normal. The area recorded 3.6 mm rainfall during the night. At Kokernag, a tourist resort in south Kashmir the minimum temperature was 4.5 degree while at Kupwara, it was 4.1 degree. Srinagar also witnessed light showers during the past 24 hours. However, the minimum temperature was 8.1 degree, more than two notches above normal. The day temperature also remained above normal, he said. Today bright sunshine greeted people who heaved a sigh of relief after surviving a flood threat due to heavy rains last week. There was also considerable improvement in the weather condition in Leh and Kargil in Ladakh region. Against yesterday's minus 4 degree, it was minus 0.6 degree at border town of Kargil on the Srinagar-Leh national highway. At Leh, it was 0.8 degree against minus 0.9 degree, he said.
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