SRINAGAR:The nighttime temperature decreased throughout most areas on Wednesday, while it remained above average in Jammu and Kashmir, as the weatherman had predicted extensive rain and snow. An official from the meteorological department here said that on November 29 and 30, there is likely to be light to moderate rain in the lowlands and snow over the middle and higher levels, with isolated thunderstorm and lightning chances. Additionally, for these two days, the MeT department has issued a “yellow warning” for isolated thunderstorms and lightning in the Jammu & Kashmir region. The degree of caution is indicated by four different colour codes: orange indicates that government agencies must be ready for severe weather, red indicates that agencies must take action, and green indicates no action.“Partially to generally cloudy weather is expected from December 1st to 6th,” a meteorological department official stated. He stated that the weather is expected to be partly to generally cloudy on December 1st and 2nd, generally cloudy on December 3rd, and partly to generally cloudy on December 4th and 7th. He added that the city’s low temperature was 0.8°C, down from 3.9°C the night before, and that it was 1.7°C warmer than usual for this time of year. According to him, Qazigund recorded a minimum of 0.8°C as opposed to 3.8°C the night before. According to the official, the minimum temperature in Kashmir’s gateway town was 1.8°C below average. Pahalgam, a well-known resort in south Kashmir, saw a low of minus 1.2°C, down from 1.2°C the night before. This was 1.9°C above average. According to the official, Kokernag, which is located in south Kashmir, saw a minimum temperature of 2.6°C, down from 2.8°C the night before. The temperature was 3.0°C higher than usual for the area. According to the official, Kupwara town in north Kashmir saw a low of 1.3°C compared to 3.0°C the night before, and it was 2.4°C above average there. According to the official, Gulmarg saw a low of minus 1.8°C as opposed to minus 0.2°C, and the most recent temperature was 1.3°C higher than usual for the well-known skiing destination in north Kashmir. According to him, Jammu’s minimum temperature of 10.6°C was 0.3°C higher than average for J&K’s winter capital.
